Rear Window Falling out

My rear windows on my 12 DCSB is slowly pealing away from the cab. Has anyone had experience in removing and resealing this so it doesn't leak anymore?

how is it held in? (glue?, Pressure?, hardware?, etc)
what do i need to do this myself?
or where could i take it to to have this done? (not safelite as they only replace broken glass)

thanks,

 

Generally they are held in by pressure. Sometimes you'll find some adhesive. A good autobody shop should have the skills to do it. You may need a whole new window if Toyota doesn't sell just the gasket. I haven't replaced a Tacoma yet. Only old classic cars.

 

It is held in with adhesive and clips at the top and studs with nuts at the bottom.

It is not like the Old Rubber Gaskets.

 

Curious. So that's leaking now?

 

The rubber is just a molding. The adhesive is keeping it from leaking. Toyota windows are one of the easiest to replace. If it leaks call your insurance company and see about getting it replaced with oem glass. If its leaking of course.

 

Pepboys sells a urathan. Its like 10$ it looks lile just the molding so grab a tube of that and a caulk gun cut a small 45° angle on the plastic tip shoot behind molding. Dont make a mess of this stuff. Will take for ever to clean up. Use painters tape lile the 3" wide tape and tape the molding down for lile a day and you should be set. Also this is a black adhesive.

 

this helps a lot as i am a visual learner. maybe ill look into getting a new top clip while im at it to help hold it in place.

I will give this stuff a try. I'd hate to pay a deductable or purchase a new window for something that can be fixed by $10 of glue LOL

 

Not very many cars now adays if any come gasket style. Reason being they are known to pop out during an accident. They still do make gasket style for alot of big rigs. Which in my opinion is the easiest to replace. All you need is aum rope and some soap or wd40 so the rope can pull the window into place. Fun stuff. Fyi safelite autoglass is a joke. Any time you have you car truck windows replaced thru your insurance company make sure you tell them oem. Safelite males there own windows and its cheap chinese crap.

 

UPDATE:

Called in the professionals after looking at it again. So glad i did. The guys from Jeff's AutoGlass came to my work and popped my window out and resealed it.

I learned that I already have an aftermarket window in (buying used problems) and it looks like the guy before me did it himself. The problem with doing it yourself is the lack of proper materials and tools. For one, the window has a greasy film on it to keep the seals from dry rotting and this grease will keep certain glues from sticking without the proper primers.

All-in-all i spent $200 to save my window and all my stickers vs the $650 it would have cost to put another aftermarket window in. I hope this helps someone that ends up with the same issue.

 

Sometimes it is better to call in the experts in a case like this, where failure will cost you lots more in the long run. Today's vehicle glass replacement requires a lot more specialized tools.

In my young and foolish days we could just pop out the glass and reinstall it using the same gasket with no problems.