I had this happen before on a 200 mile interstate trip. I took the OEM 10/13 mm tool that came in the bag with the jack and popped the plastic cover and GENTLY tightened the wiper nut and tried the wipers until the nut held, then quit. The reason I took such care is that the same thing happened about 8 years before, and when I put a socket wrench on the offending assembly, the stud broke off with the nut and I had no wiper at all on the drivers side. It was a huge PITA to pull the assembly and replace it with a new one. Don't overtighten. Test. Don't fool with glue or teflon tape. Jim
On Feb 25, 2004, at 10:29 PM, James V wrote: > On 2/25/04 18:04, "James V" <tornadored@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote: > >> probably worn. I've never tried to fix something like that, but >> maybe some >> teflon tape or semi-permanent glue would work? Or just pull the >> passenger >> side off and go mono-wiper. >> >> James >> 90 Carat > > Crumbs. I jinxed myself... So what's the fix? > > James > 90 Carat > |
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