Date:         Sat, 9 Oct 2004 11:39:41 -0400
Reply-To:     ROBERT DONALDS <donalds1@VERIZON.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         ROBERT DONALDS <donalds1@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: windshield wiper help
Comments: To: Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
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I love this line
(Teutonic pledge of difficulty)
I thought the Birts had that honor with there electronics of years past

The wiper arms are well thought out and here in New England we have may
occasions when the wipers become stuck to the windshield. I cant tell you
how many times I have climbed into the van in the morning and started the
engine before I realize the wipers are frozen to the windshield in mid
stroke and the wiper motor tries to do it thing. SO I would rather clean out
the serrations on the wiper shaft with a pick and retighten the nut than
replace the wiper motor. This is comon set up with Japanise cars also as I
recall

as Martha would say thats a good thing
Bob






----- Original Message -----
From: "Joy Hecht" <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 2:15 AM
Subject: Re: windshield wiper help


> How come they don't have a normal nut and bolt on the windshield wiper,
> instead of that very finely serrated post?
>
>
> Joy
>
> ****************************************************************
> Joy Hecht
> and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
>
> For musings about life and the vanadventures:
> http://users.rcn.com/jhecht/gypsy
>
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> :::-----Original Message-----
> :::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
> :::Of Stan Wilder
> :::Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 1:28 PM
> :::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> :::Subject: Re: windshield wiper help
> :::
> :::Many times your wiper arms get stripped at the pivot post because the
> :::neighborhood and feral cats use your wipers to boost themselves to the
> :::top
> :::of your van.
> :::Most times it's just a matter of tightening the nut but you can only
> :::tighten
> :::it so many times before the serrated post eats your soft metal arm away
> :::and
> :::you're past the fix with just tightening.
> :::This is when you need to use a piece of fresh cat gut as a bushing to
> :::tighten up the fit of the serrated shaft into the enlarged hole in the
> :::wiper
> :::arm.
> :::
> :::Stan Wilder
> :::High Performance Ceramic Coatings
> :::www.engineceramics.com
> :::
>