You might be able to spray some chain lube or similar at the ball/socket joints with the glove box removed. Did you add moly grease or similar at those wiper pivot points? IIRC, Bentley shows Moly for that and the ball/socket joints on linkage arms. On 5/16/16, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote: > Still no luck with the Archives of the list but the wipers work better now, > after searching the Samba Archives and (Scott?) Mostly just oiling the > wiper posts. The Bentley has a good drawing and explanation on the > system...in my case, the motor was working, I could tell when I wasn't > heading into a Gorge headwind, but the wipers weren't moving much faster, > so I re-assembled the wipers at the pivots after using a penetrating oil > and careful torque > Next time the dash has to come out I'll lube the rest of the linkages up > under there -- Neil n Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/> Vanagon-Bus VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay> |
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