So thats where that water is coming from. Thanks list. But your too darn
late. I just use one of my Depends on my knee when it rains.
You should never leave home without a couple of these in your trunk.
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Wendland" <bighealey3k at aim.com>
To: <warthodson at aol.com>; <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 4:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] wiper wheel box
>I think Gary is talking about the seal that is on the shaft that passes
> through the wheel box housing and has the serrated hub that the wiper arm
> attaches to. It is a weather seal that keep water from seeping down
> through
> the wheel box and dripping into the passenger compartment, namely on your
> leg
> while driving in a rain storm. I too have wondered if this can be
> replaced.
> It looks like a small diameter rubber tubing sleeve that seals the area
> between the wiper shaft and the wheel house housing. One of mine is split
> part way down the side of the rubber sleeve. Driver's side of course. :-(
>
> Larry
> '67 BJ8
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: warthodson <warthodson at aol.com>
> To: healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sun, Aug 28, 2011 9:51 am
> Subject: [Healeys] wiper wheel box
>
>
> Does anyone have a cleaver way of replacing the rubber weather seal on the
> haft of the wiper wheel box & what did you replace it with?
> Also, FYI, we recently purchased a reproduction wiper wheel box which
> appeared
> o be of very good quality. However, the O.D. of the serrated adaptor on
> the
> nd that accepts the wiper arm was slightly undersized. This prevented the
> riginal wiper arm from seating tightly & it would not stay locked in
> place.
> o, We purchased reproduction wiper arms hoping that they would fit
> tightly.
> o luck. Their I.D. was even larger that the original wiper arms, so they
> fit
> ven looser.
> ary
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