Windshield removal using Fishing Line

Cheap, quick method of removing a windshield. The glass shop wanted $180.00 to remove and reinstall the windshield and they could not guarantee that they would not break it upon removal.

A YouTube search netted the usual cold knife / utility knife removals with lots of broken windshields and struggles with pulling the knife through the urethane, and of course a plethora of wire based cutting tools. Since thin wire and braided fishing line have close to the same break strength with a clear advantage in flexibility going to the fishing line. I used 50# line as it was all I could find at the local hardware store, but I would recommend finding 100# line or better since I was always flirting with the breaking point of the 50# line. Most Fishing stores will sell you braided line by the yard. You should only need about 20 yards to be safe, in case you chaff line and break it you will have plenty of spare line. Make sure the line is of the braided variety as monofilament line would not have the same sharp edges and would be larger in diameter there by requiring more tension to cut the urethane.