Date:         Thu, 27 Feb 2014 14:34:03 -0700
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From:         OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Idea to Re-use Worn Wiper Arm?
Comments: To: Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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                Neil

        This from a post I sent back in Aug2012

      Regarding the StrippedSplines ~ Drape some SteelWool over the post,

press the WiperArm on & apply your Nut or Bolt ~ works great. I lost my

splines 5 or 6 years ago in a blinding rain in Northern Ill. I pulled in under

the pump shelter of a closed GasStation grabbed an SOS or Brillo pad out

of drawer in my Westy, applied the trick & drove on down the road ~ slowly ~

as I could only see tail lights about 8ft in front of me. It's been working fine

ever since. 

        The more I have thought about it, it may actually have been part of a

Piece of 1 of those Pads from a FloorBuffer as I keep some of that in my VDub

also ~ It just needs to be something that is JustTheRightThickness & Coarseness

to Bight into BothMetals ~ I also have added a "PerfectFit" washer under the nut,

if I remember correctly ~

                                                                ORR ~ DeanB

On 27 Feb , 2014, at 12:16 PM, Neil N wrote:

> Hi all.
> 
> The wiper arm metal is soft (pot metal?) so I assume it's prone to
> cracking, but if one compressed the portion of metal on wiper arm that
> contacts the wiper arm shaft, would this reduce the ID of the hole on
> arm and enable the arm to better re-knurl to the wiper arm shaft?
> 
> After repairing my '81 Westy yesterday, finally pulled my head out of
> the engine bay to see that snow load had forced a wiper arm on the '88
> to drop. I measured the length from shoulder of wiper arm shaft (below
> splines) to end of splines and length of portion of wiper arm that
> slides over the shaft. I saw just over 1 mm difference. The shaft is
> shorter. This gave me cause to file a **very, very ** small amount of
> metal off the shoulder of shaft to see if that would help the arm seat
> further down. It seemed to help wiper re-knurl, but all that spawned
> the above question.
> 
> Neil.
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Neil n
> 
> Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca
> 
> '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p
> 
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> 
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> 
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