Rear Window Replacement - Honda Civic 2002-2003 Service Manual

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Rear Window Replacement
NOTE:
• Put on gloves to protect your hands.
• Wear eye protection while cutting the glass adhesive
with piano wire.
Use seat covers to avoid damaging any surfaces.
Do not damage the rear window defogger grid lines
and terminals.
1. Remove these items:
Hatch lower trim panel (see page 20-531
Hatch spoiler (see page 20-991
2. Remove these items:
High mount brake light (see page 22-821
Rear window wiper motor (see page 22-1461
3. Disconnect the rear window defogger connectors
(AI.
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A
4. If the old rear window is to be reinstalled, make
alignment marks across the glass and body with a
grease pencil.
5. Apply protective tape along the inside and outside
edges of the hatch. Using an awl, make a hole
through the adhesive from inside the vehicle at the
corner portion of the rear window. Push the piano
wire through the hole, and wrap each end around a
piece of wood .
6. With a helper on the outside, pull the piano wire (AI
back and forth in a sawing motion. Hold the piano
wire as close to the rear window (8) as possible to
prevent damage to the hatch, and carefully cut
through the adhesive (el around the entire rear
window.
c
B
Cutting positions:
7. Carefully remove the rear window.
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20-25