Wiper blade attachment to gearbox shaft
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Wiper blade attachment to gearbox shaft
My '60 Roadster #87288 has the wiper gearboxes with the 6mm shaft. The wiper arm recommended by
Stoddard has a small bolt that squeezes on the shaft and a steel insert for the back side. It has a flat surface. Will the clamping bolt provide enough grip or should I file a flat on the shaft for better grip arm to shaft?
What's best practice? (besides don't drive in rain?)
Stoddard has a small bolt that squeezes on the shaft and a steel insert for the back side. It has a flat surface. Will the clamping bolt provide enough grip or should I file a flat on the shaft for better grip arm to shaft?
What's best practice? (besides don't drive in rain?)
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Re: Wiper blade movement is backwards
I have finally got the electrics completed! I remembered someone said to check rotation of shafts before attaching arms. I did and rotation is backwards! Any ideas for correcting this, please?
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Re: Wiper blade attachment to gearbox shaft
Can you reposition the levers 180 degrees off from their current positions, on the bottoms of the wiper shafts? Or do you have actual gear boxes? If it’s that style I have no experience but maybe switching left and right?
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Re: Wiper blade attachment to gearbox shaft
See Brad Ripley's comment #3 in this link: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=46415&p=313746&hili ... ms#p313746 Sorry unable to help with wiper direction.
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Re: Wiper blade attachment to gearbox shaft
Jim,
What do you mean "backwards"? The both cycle clockwise and anti-clockwise, right?
What do you mean "backwards"? The both cycle clockwise and anti-clockwise, right?
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Re: Wiper blade attachment to gearbox shaft
I assume he means they park in the wrong direction.
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Re: Wiper blade attachment to gearbox shaft
If I install the blades facing the left side of the car the shafts turn clockwise and they will turn the arms into the cowl and tear thing up. I can install the arms facing the right side but that isn't correct.
Reminds me of Charlie Davis who had many cool ideas and parts for our '70's 911es. He showed me how to move wiper blades to the right side so we could see the road better when it wasn't raining. My '73 is still that way.
Reminds me of Charlie Davis who had many cool ideas and parts for our '70's 911es. He showed me how to move wiper blades to the right side so we could see the road better when it wasn't raining. My '73 is still that way.
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Re: Wiper blade attachment to gearbox shaft
A lot of people learned that the $$$ way; that's the reason to try it w/o blades first. Oh, and making little masking tape flags will make the motion easier to see.Jim Blakewell wrote: ↑Wed Feb 12, 2020 9:13 pm If I install the blades facing the left side of the car the shafts turn clockwise and they will turn the arms into the cowl and tear thing up.
This is memory from some time back, but if the lever on the motor parks 180* off, I think it will produce the result you're seeing. Probably have to take the assembly out to change it, but this time you can prove the action on the bench.
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Re: Wiper blade attachment to gearbox shaft
Thanks, Ron. I need to put the motor on the bench anyway now because it quit running!
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Re: Wiper blade attachment to gearbox shaft
Sounds like others have had your problem in the past Jim: viewtopic.php?t=17154 See entry #10
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Re: Wiper blade attachment to gearbox shaft
Damn - only 9 years back; gotta take those memory pills!Doug McDonnell wrote: ↑Wed Feb 12, 2020 10:34 pm Sounds like others have had your problem in the past Jim: viewtopic.php?t=17154 See entry #10
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Re: Wiper blade attachment to gearbox shaft
To answer your original question, yes the screw will provide enough clamping force. But the screw chews into the shaft. This means that after the first set up with virgin parts, you cannot make small angle adjustments, the set screw will just go back to the existing dent. Further, with use the screw may get a little loose and chew up the shaft. It was a poor design and frustrating to deal with. The C cars have a much better design. My solution is not to drive the cars in the rain!
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Re: Wiper blade attachment to gearbox shaft
Today I fixed the wipers parking on the wrong side. Removed the ground strap and the radio, then the 4 bolts that hold the assembly under the dash. I was able to lower rhe motor enough to loosen the bolt clamping the arm to the motor shaft and turn it 180 degrees. With the power off the motor was easy to turn so the clamping nut and bolt could be tightened. Bolted assembly back in place and when battery reconnected the motor turned to it's stop position.
Thanks for your help- and for the forum that gives me enough info to try and fix my car!
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Thanks for your help- and for the forum that gives me enough info to try and fix my car!
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Re: Wiper blade attachment to gearbox shaft
We love a story that ends well. Thanks for the followup.
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