Date:         Sat, 3 Jul 1999 16:40:36 PDT
Reply-To:     Tony Peet <tpvw@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Tony Peet <tpvw@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: drooping wiper blade
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I just had some expert help fixing this same problem on my Westy -- which is
good, since I am definitely NOT a mechanic, OK?  HOWEVER:

Remove the blade assembly and use a wire brush to scrape out all the grooves
in the whatchamagigger (cone shaped metal head that turns the blade arm).
Make sure all the (aluminum?) dust is out of the grooves, even using a small
knife blade if necessary. Apparently, the trick here is to place the blade
assembly cleanly right down on top of this head without rotating it even
slightly -- as that creates the "dust/shavings" in those grooves you just
cleaned out and it won't fasten/sit properly.

Make sure you have a washer that's thick enough (don't ask me how thick,
maybe someone else knows), place the blade assembly back on with the wiper
exactly where you want it on the windshield, and then tighten the nut back
down FIRMLY AND WITHOUT TURNING THE BLADE ASSEMBLY AND WITHOUT BUSTING
ANYTHING.....maybe make a lot of small but firm turns of the nut -- not all
at once.

I have a friend who swears he never has to adjust his blades once he has
done this right.  Hope it helps.

>From: Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>
>Reply-To: Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: drooping wiper blade
>Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 19:13:49 -0700
>
>Any suggestions for adjusting a drooping wiper blade?
>My passenger side blade droops down onto the lower windshield seal.
>I tried adjusting it outside where the arm mounts to the shaft, but it
>keeps
>drooping down.
>Any suggestions?
>Thanks,
>Bill
>90 Westy Syncro


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