Expensive Lesson Learnt - Shoulda Known Better

[Spudland_Dave]

Well, I suppose I've joined the "Nuru Ranks" where we're already replacing glass on our new tractors...
Last night I decided to install the Rear wiper kit I had gotten a little while back....everything was going perfectly...textbook install. Get to the actual installation piece of the wiper motor which "required" the removal of the RH Hinge....long story short, the window slid, I heard a bang and I spent the next hour vacuuming glass out of the cab and sweeping the garage....

Moral of the story....DONT READ THE BLEEPING DIRECTIONS....I knew better, and had an uneasy feeling when doing it as I was directed to do in the directions, but I assumed JD knew more then I did....

 

[nmu98]

Well.... After Nuru took out his front glass, I made my loader a permanent fixture..... Thank god I ordered mine with all the goodies i wanted in the glass.... Sorry to hear about this Dave..

There is good news... It will be pretty easy to install the wiper in the new glass.. Sorry, I had to.....

 

[dirtworksequip]

What step was it in Deere install directions that lead you to break the glass? I did a rear wiper install a while back. Don't know that I explicitly followed the insructions, but I don't remember having any problems.

Sincerely, Dirt

 

[Spudland_Dave]

Well.... There is good news... It will be pretty easy to install the wiper in the new glass.. Sorry, I had to.....

No need to be sorry, thats what I thought while sweeping the glass, and she said the same thing, ROFL!

What step was it in Deere install directions that lead you to break the glass

What led to the breakage was in the instructions they say to remove only the RH hinge and carefully balance it from the LH Hinge while you do your thing....2 things...
1) My Tractor already had a "Wiper Ready" Hinge...Basically they sent me the exact same hinge I already had on the tractor. so I didnt need to remove/replace the hinge at all.
2) It was "Balancing" Precariously on the LH Hinge...I had supported it the best I could...but it slid and the momentum of the slide/fall obviously tweaked the glass to its breaking point. The pic in the instructions shows the glass dangling in the air from the LH Hinge...They must have used a Plexi-Glass window to do the instructions...no way a real one would hang like that.

If I were to explain to someone how to do it best, I'd reccomend removing the rear glass COMPLETELY off of the tractor and working on it like that.

 

[dirtworksequip]

Maybe a dumb question, but................if it already was equiped with the hinge for the wiper. Why did you have the hinge loose. I'll have to dig out the install instructions and review them. I figure my back glass will get broken one of these days while using the landscape rake on a stone road. I've already had a couple bounce off the rear glass.

Sincerely, Dirt

 

[sunnyside360]

Dave, sorry to hear that. One of the down sides of owning a cab with lots of glass. I'll probably break one of my windows one of these days. In general, I believe the mark-up on JD stuff is high so maybe the dealer will give you a break on the replacement window.
Not that it makes you feel any better, but I was over at my dealer recently and noticed they just received a pile of JD parts which included a new 3X20 windshield.

 

[LBrown59]

Moral of the story....DONT READ THE BLEEPING DIRECTIONS....I knew better, and had an uneasy feeling when doing it as I was directed to do in the directions, but I assumed JD knew more then I did....

They may but not on that issue .

 

[Spudland_Dave]

Maybe a dumb question, but................if it already was equiped with the hinge for the wiper. Why did you have the hinge loose. I'll have to dig out the install instructions and review them. I figure my back glass will get broken one of these days while using the landscape rake on a stone road. I've already had a couple bounce off the rear glass.

Sincerely, Dirt

Well, I only discovered the "wiper ready" hinge after taking it apart...even then, I HAD to remove the bolt which held the glass to the hinge either way...so either way I had to take it apart. Not to mention, I had to open up the hole on the rubber trim/mount thingie between the hinge & glass to accomoditate the wiper motor shaft...

Window is ordered, I should have it next Wed/Thurs, I COULD have gotten it on monday via them shipping it directly to the house but they said that UPS has a field day with boxes labeled "GLASS" and "FRAGILE"....quicker & painless in the long haul gettin it in on a stock order...which made sense to me.

 

[nmu98]

Glad you window is coming fairly fast. Til then, you have some great air conditioning

Thanks for sharing this with us... I know it hurts... At least you dont have to glue the window back in place like Nuru...

 

[Ductape]

If it makes you feel any better.............. when i installed the rear wiper on my Kubota, i didn't break my glass.


Seriously though...... just chalk it up to a lesson learned These type of things just make us wiser in the long run.

 

[Spudland_Dave]

Glad you window is coming fairly fast. Til then, you have some great air conditioning

No Joke....heck even with the heat on full blast, the "air conditioning" is more powerful....never thought I'd need a jacket in that tractor

Ultimately, the true lesson is do what feels right...the whole time I did it It didnt feel right...for good reason apparently...I knew better, and felt the heebie-jeebies about it while doing it, but chose to listen to the manual....

Lesson learnt, case will be closed by next weekend hopefully, and I'll move on!

 

[dirtworksequip]

That's right. ''Always go wih your gut feeling.''
''If you think you shouldn't be doing it, your probably right.''
'' Almost nothing in this World money won't fix.''

Sincerely, Dirtworksequip

 

[4720 OWNER]

OUCH! Painful. Hate those heart wrenching moments when all ain't quite right and then you are proven correct.

I will not even bother to post any of the amusing moments with glass and tractors. It is a hard enough to invision the process.

 

[Ramairfreak98ss]

that sucks, i hate the basic directions you get these days.. Im pretty good at installing BOSS brand snow plows and spreaders on ford trucks... but im on my 4th one now in the last year so ive had practice, and it still is time consuming. Sucks, theyre so vague most times you have to be real smart in the noggin to follow along or know when to not follow a paragraph or whole page

 

[Spudland_Dave]

that sucks, i hate the basic directions you get these days.. Im pretty good at installing BOSS brand snow plows and spreaders on ford trucks... but im on my 4th one now in the last year so ive had practice, and it still is time consuming. Sucks, theyre so vague most times you have to be real smart in the noggin to follow along or know when to not follow a paragraph or whole page

Not only vague...but the parts supplied dont exactly match the parts described in the instructions...last night I figured I'd "prep" everything I could while waiting for my glass to arrive..took a look at the motor closely and 2 things....the instructions say to use the "8mm Self Tapping Cap Screws" and to install them & remove them prior to installing the motor.....took a look and I got no self tapping screws in the kit....look at the motor and ONE of the holes was tapped for the "normal" 8mm Flange Head Cap Screw supplied...I had to take out my trusty Tap set and tap the 2nd hole myself.