Extension of window shaft seal

Hello together! After fighting the rust spots in the wheel boxes and at the door edge (hopefully successful and to some extent permanent), I wanted to get to the right back door today. Then the rust laughs at me under the window seal (i.e. outside). 🙁 Etzold writes lapidar “..pull up”. Thinking – I almost pulled my fingers sore! In the back, in the area of the fixed window part the seal was also relatively easy to pull out, a But from this strut and even further forward, the thing doesn’t move any mm – rather the rubber would tear off. Can it be that you can’t get them out without any damage? I think with a pliers the beast would get along already – but I wanted to use the part as much as possible. Does it perhaps help to soak the seal with silicone oil? ..But then I probably can’t grasp it anymore with my fingers. Do you have tips for me? ..If I don’t do anything, the sheet metal will soon be through 🙁 The attached picture shows a rather weakly infested spot. Thank you in advance! Greetings, Rainer