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From: levy@ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Has anyone had a windshield repaired
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Date: Mon, 19-Aug-85 23:42:05 EDT
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In article <4964@allegra.UUCP>, jay@allegra.UUCP (Jay Hyman) writes:
>...
>     I've been meaning to raise this topic myself.  My father's
>windshield has developed a crack which starts at the top and is slowly
>growing right down the center.  The crack is already about 8 inches
>long.  I gather from the two replies I've seen here that there is no
>good fix for this.  Is there any fix?  I.e. something that will stop
>the crack at its current size and prevent it from growing further?
>Also, how dangerous is it to be driving around behind a cracked pane
>of glass like that?  Thanx,
>
>Jay Hyman                            allegra!jay

To stop the crack it is conceivably possible to drill a fairly large dia-
meter hole through the glass at the end of the crack, thus stopping the
stress which propagates the fissure.  But then you have a hole to fill.
I don't know about the safety afterward.  Even if it split in two I can't
imagine what danger that would pose if the top, bottom, and sides were securely
supported, but I don't know everything.  I've heard of weird things happening
in high winds like windshields popping out (wind was from the rear of a
parked car).  The crack could make this propensity worse.
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