Thanks for your reply.

Any tricks to pulling it out (i.e. putty knife, screw driver, etc.) or putting a new one back in(i.e. finger pressure, special tool, etc)? I've seen pictures of the profile of the gasket and it clearly has a channel the top edge of the windshield sits in. It looks like it should come off relatively easily with a little work. It also sounds like some cleanup of the old adhesive may be necessary before installing the new part.

I saw another post that claims the replacement should go much smoother if the windshield has never been replaced (which is my case). However, I would like to make sure replacing a $30 part doesn't lead to an $800 windshield replacement.