Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ttrdc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!mgnetp!ltuxa!ttrdc!levy From: levy@ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Has anyone had a windshield repaired Message-ID: <375@ttrdc.UUCP> Date: Mon, 19-Aug-85 23:42:05 EDT Article-I.D.: ttrdc.375 Posted: Mon Aug 19 23:42:05 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 01:22:29 EDT References: <1109@homxa.UUCP> <4964@allegra.UUCP> Organization: AT&T, Computer Systems Division, Skokie, IL Lines: 29 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. -- ------------------------------- Disclaimer: The views contained herein are | dan levy | yvel nad | my own and are not at all those of my em- | an engihacker @ | ployer, my pets, my plants, my boss, or the | at&t computer systems division | s.a. of any computer upon which I may hack. | skokie, illinois | | "go for it" | Path: ..!ihnp4!ttrdc!levy -------------------------------- or: ..!ihnp4!iheds!ttbcad!levy