Drilling into track where snaps are on front windshield and the windshield shattered

mskarianne

I bought a new enclosure and wanted to put the twist lock fasteners on instead of the snaps.  We drilled into the track where the snaps were and it went right through but when we went to screw in the screws for the base of the fastener it shattered the windshield.  Did we just hit a bad spot or is the glass all the way up into that track?  If so what type of fastener can we use to put it directly onto the track?  Some kind of adhesive?  2007 Rinker 270 V.  This boating stuff is tuff for us newbie's  sorry for all the questions.

LaRea

Sorry to hear that.  Apparently, even a small nick at the edge of the glass will make it shatter.  I wouldn't drill anywhere in the track because you don't know how far in the window goes at any given point. 

Have you read the other threads here about how to order a replacement, and how to make a temporary window from a sheet of Lexan?

mskarianne

No I have not but it's ok as it is just the walk through window.  We found a local company that will replace that.  We also found out there is a part that goes in the rail that you can screw into instead of the actual boat.  Just trying to find out what they are called so I can find them

DanD2

Yuuupppp....did that on one of my curved windows back in 2014.....cost me $2400 for that mistake. I was putting in snaps for my mooring cover and decided not to wait for the clip-in snaps....not a smart move....lol

mskarianne

Dan that is exactly what my husband did lol.  I guess not as bad as yours as it cost us $150 from the local company

Cableguy Greg

If you if you go to TaylorMade Systems website they have all of the accessories listed for the windshields. You can get the part numbers then google it to find a retailer. 

DanD2

mskarianne said:

Dan that is exactly what my husband did lol.  I guess not as bad as yours as it cost us $150 from the local company

Lucky.....mine was the curved window!!

mskarianne

Dan ours was to and that is what our local class place charged us

rasbury

So my cover, which goes over the window, the snaps are on the deck and not the frame...the snaps on the frame are only on the too for the enclosure...I bought a used mooring cover and added snaps to the cover rather than snap bases to the boat...

GMSLITHO

I’ve been told the morning cover shoul cover the windshield and attach to the deck but I’ve seen lots that attach to the window frame 

Ian

That’s how mine is - to deck.

aero3113

 

GMSLITHO said:

I’ve been told the morning cover shoul cover the windshield and attach to the deck but I’ve seen lots that attach to the window frame 

Moring cover over the window to the deck is best but can be difficult to install.

Ian

It can be tight to get on but with one of those handy dandy tools to pull on the snaps it’s a breeze.