Date:         Sun, 3 Mar 2002 17:06:07 -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 04:04 PM 3/3/2002, Stan Wilder wrote:
>Out of approximately thirty different foreign and domestic cars I've
>owned in the last thirty years, it appears that superior German
>engineering makes this the only vehicle that eats the wiper arms. Why is
>that?

I think they got the system from the Japanese.  I've never had any trouble
with it on Vanagons or Toyotas, i.e zero-to-one occurrences per ten years
of use.  The last one I fixed was the rear wiper on my wife's Corolla wagon
-- the car wash got it.

It's important to get full-depth splines formed into the arms -- perhaps
you're not tightening enough initially?  Or perhaps the socket is used
up?  Not sure how many times you can do it, I've never had more than one
per car, let alone per wiper arm.

david


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