Edge Crack Windshield Repair Grand Junction
Edge Crack Windshield Repair In Grand Junction
Edge Windshield Cracks are cracks in a windshield that happen in the "weak spot" in the windshield where there is a manufacturing defect. 90% of long cracks originate near the edge of the windshield. The edge crack happens because of residual stress and induced stress that is disrupted by an object striking a windshield like a stone or pebble. Due to this manufacturing defect when a windshield is created the windshield edge area has a bulge of tension that causes this area to fracture 3.5 times easier than any other part of the windshield. To perform windshield repair for an edge crack, you will need a highly experienced and trained windshield repair technician with the right tools and structural adhesive resins in order to restore the windshield to pre-loss condition. Ultra Bond owner Richard Campfield invented how to repair this crack in 1989 and is currently the private attorney general/relator/whistleblower in the lawsuit - The State of California v Safelite involving insurance fraud by Safelite, specifically for lying to insureds that a crack longer than a dollar bill or 6 inches cannot be repaired. The U.S. Auto Glass Industry ANSI Approved Standard fro crack repair is 14-inches long. Click here to read the law and the lawsuit.