Date: Thu, 12 Jan 95 13:41:45 PST
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From: Steve Johnson <sjohnson@pcocd2.intel.com>
Subject: Re: getting and staying bent...
So Dan getting-twisted-and-bent Houg says:
> STOP!!!
> MIS-COMMUNICATION (...What we have here is a failure to communicate)
>
> Don't bend the arm 'up and down' in a manner that would add or
> relieve pressure on the glass. Hook the cresent wrench on the flat
> part of the arm and ROTATE the arm so that the blade angle changes
> along the longitudinal axis of the wiper. I guess this would more
> correctly be called a 'twist' rather than a 'bend.' It will make sense when
> you go out to do it. Hint: place the wrench as close to the blade
> end of the wiper arm as possible so as to give the maximum amount of
> arm length for the twisting to occur.
>
> Let me know if this still seems futz'd up. I hate trying to describe
> things verbally-- if you could just see my hands....
>
>
So your twisting my arm eh? ;) I don't see how this will help. when
I get a new blade it starts out perpendicular to the surface and gradually
becomes biased one way. Then you want me to twist the arm so it's perpen-
dicular again and then when I get a new blade twist it back?
Dazed and confused,
Steven
sjohnson@pcocd2.intel.com
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