Date:         Sat, 2 Mar 2002 10:18:08 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon Wiper Arms
Comments: To: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
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At 10:09 AM 3/2/2002, Stan Wilder wrote:
>Several times a year, either on snowy days or when there is sleet /
>frozen rain on my windshield the wiper arms strip their serrations and
>get askew.
>Although I try to think ahead and break the arms loose, I invariably
>overlook this several times a year and grind out my wiper arm serrations.
>Anybody got any practical upgrade experience to fix this problem?

Stan, there is no upgrade -- the system is very carefully designed to
protect you (and the rest of the linkage) from yourself in these cases.  If
you make that part stronger, it will find something under the dash to
destroy instead, or tear the rubber off the blades.

If you're not *thoroughly* cleaning out the stripped metal from the splines
on the shaft and properly tightening the connection to make deep new
splines in the socket, it will strip much too easily.

david


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David Beierl - Providence, RI
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'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"