Installation Procedure
Important: The rear defogger bus bar lead wire, the antenna, or the defogger terminal
can be reattached by resoldering using a solder containing 3 percent
silver and a rosin flux paste.
- Clean the repair area by buffing with fine steel wool. This removes
the oxide coating formed during the window manufacture.
- Install the paste-type rosin flux in small quantities to
the rear defogger bus bar lead wire antenna or the defogger terminal repair
area using a brush.
Notice: Use only enough heat to melt the solder. Using excessive heat can damage
the rear window defogger components or the rear window.
- Coat the solder iron tip with the solder.
| • | Use only enough heat to melt the solder. |
| • | Use only enough solder to ensure a complete repair. |
- Install the solder to the feed bus bar or the ground bus bar.
- Draw the soldering iron tip across the fluxed area, thinly coating
the bus bar with solder.
- Install a small amount of flux to the underside of the rear defogger
bus bar lead wire antenna or the defogger terminal.
- Align the spots with flux to the underside of the rear defogger
bus bar lead wire, antenna, or defogger terminal.
- Coat the tip of the soldering iron with solder.
- Install the solder to the underside of the rear defogger bus bar
lead wire antenna to the defogger terminal.
- Draw the iron across the fluxed spot, thinly coating the spot
of solder.
- Solder the spot on the braid against the spot on the feed bus
bar or the ground bus bar.
| • | Use pliers in order to hold the rear defogger bus bar lead wire
antenna or the defogger terminal. |
| • | Apply the heat to the top of the rear defogger bus bar lead wire
antenna or the defogger terminal. This causes the solder spot to melt and
fuse together. |
| • | Do not remove the holding force until the solder has solidified. |
| • | Wipe off the excess flux with solvent. |
- Install the electrical connector.
