Glareshield - Cessna

[ateamer]

My 175 dowsn’t have a glareshield. I want to install one, but it looks like it will be quite a challenge to get to the screws around the defogger vent without removing the windshield (and no way am I doing that!). I’d at least like the eyebrow part to cover the gap bewteen the shock-mount six pack panel and the main part.

Suggestions for an eyebrow, or tips to install the glareshield while keeping the windshield in place?

 

[Bell206]

Suggestions for an eyebrow, or tips to install the glareshield while keeping the windshield in place?

Don't know the current offerings, but there were aftermarket glareshields with extended eyebrows that would slide over top of the existing panels. Most would cutout the areas over the defrost or avionics vents without removal. May check that as an option? Or fabric your own shield?

 

[Lama1125]

Knots2U used to have glareshield overlays a while back. Haven't actually looked to see if they still have them but it is a possibility.

 

[Jeff Oslick]

I suggest going to an aircraft interior shop and having them fabricate it to your specs. It will cost more than the off-the-shelf ones, but getting those cut to fit correctly and neatly is a major chore, especially with the windscreen still installed.

 

[WDD]

I suggest going to an aircraft interior shop and having them fabricate it to your specs. It will cost more than the off-the-shelf ones, but getting those cut to fit correctly and neatly is a major chore, especially with the windscreen still installed.

That's what we did with our club planes. Interior guy was actually able to fix / re wrap our current ones, and they look better than new. It was either the 172 or 182 that according to the books indeed needed to have the windshield removed to install a new glare shield. Even paying the interior guy for his custom work, it was lot better and less expensive vs the alternative.

 

[Jeff Oslick]

That's what we did with our club planes. Interior guy was actually able to fix / re wrap our current ones, and they look better than new. It was either the 172 or 182 that according to the books indeed needed to have the windshield removed to install a new glare shield. Even paying the interior guy for his custom work, it was lot better and less expensive vs the alternative.

I helped our A&P do our windscreen about 10 years ago. One of the most miserable jobs. Spent a couple days upside down under the panel. We replaced all the rivets with nuts and bolts, but it will still be a tough job next time.

 

[Bell206]

We replaced all the rivets with nuts and bolts, but it will still be a tough job next time.

If you're part of the next change, maybe convince your mechanic to install nutplates or a nutplate strip in place of the nuts for the bottom hardware.

 

[Jeff Oslick]

If you're part of the next change, maybe convince your mechanic to install nutplates or a nutplate strip in place of the nuts for the bottom hardware.

I don't see how that would work well with the amount of vibration the windscreen takes. I would think the nut plates would be likely to crack after a few years under that vibration load.

 

[Bell206]

I don't see how that would work well with the amount of vibration the windscreen takes. I would think the nut plates would be likely to crack after a few years under that vibration load.

Don’t confuse a rivnut with a nutplate as they are structural locking devices. There are many important parts on aircraft held together with nutplates. The only difference between a nutplate and your nut is the former is fixed to the structure.

 

[camorton]

If the new glareshield is simply overlaying the existing panel, I think you'll find securing it at the front edge with maybe a few screws halfway back will be sufficient. The rear (forward) edge is trapped between the base of the windscreen and the existing structure.

C.