Offside/drivers windscreen wiper hitting screen seal at bottom of piller

[daverclasper]

Hi. Has got worse over time and now pretty noisy.

Is this just the adjustment for the parking/rest position, as described in WSM?.

Thanks, Dave

 

[Pete Lewis]

no,  just prise the arm off its splined spindle and reposition it a little higher 

do check the pipe nut on the motor and the pipe clamps on the wheel boxes are tight

any loose pipe will exaggerate wiper slopy movement 

you can remove the arms  remove rge rack drive and tune it over to run on an unused portion 

didnt we do this on a twiddle day ??  stick a simple 

 a card needle to the wiper splined drive point up now pull the rack out 

turn rack over  then refit  turn the pointer 1/2 turn so when refitted pointer is downwards  so the reversed rack now runs on more unused wheel box teeth    sometimes these little changes can make a good improvement 

Pete

[dougbgt6]

1 hour ago, Pete Lewis said:

didnt we do this on a twiddle day ??

Yes you did! We should have these top tips assembled, somewhere?

Doug

[Pete Lewis]

Ok  where  ?????  tips and tricks  ???

i am at your command 

Pete 

[daverclasper]

Thanks, I don't remember it on the twiddle day I attended?, though could be wrong. Will relocate the wiper arm (did think of this, but thought there may be groove/tab within the spines for one position only).

Cheers

[daverclasper]

Hi. Will be moving the arm/arms soon. I gather there's a small clip which is part of the arm assembly. Is it a case of prising the clip open and at the same time levering the arm up, off the splines?.

Is this straight forward, any tips?, or potential problems, eg, arm fused to splines with corrosion/clip disintegrating through corrosion?.

Cheers, Dave

[Pete Lewis]

normally with a pad or bit of timber you just with a decent screwdrive lever /prise the arm off the spline 

not all have the small retaining clip you mention  but it wont fly off into the  grass 

even grab hold of the arm and give it a good wiggle will release the arm from the spline drive 

yes the dive can be worn , then its a new wheel box  

I dont think you will have any problems swapping the arm position 

there are adaptors about that if you manage to remove the slpine  you can repair with 

a spline and clamp screw affair to fit on a bare spindle

   CA395: Windscreen wiper arm convertor (shaft to spline) - Sundries - Windscreen and Wipers - Vintage Car Parts

[daverclasper]

Cheers Pete

[Pete Lewis]

Dave   yes go on  pop it off move it round one or two teeth and pop it back on  ............ jobs  a good one 

Pete