Scott, I just cut the grommets. I did get one grommet in correctly, but
afterwards it looked so chewed up the I pulled it out again.
suhring wrote:
> Well, I've come up against one of those how do you fit an elephant
> through the eye of a needle? (or something like that)
>
> I am trying to install new rubber grommets in the metal stand which
> the wiper gear box mounts to. These are the 3 holes which the round
> grommets fit in, allowing a donut on both the top and underside of
> the plate. The metal shafts fit through the grommet and screw into
> the legs of the gear box and then have a nut that screws onto the
> bottom to hold the washer.
>
> How in the heck are you to get the grommet through these holes?!
> I am almost tempted to cut the two halves but I know this isn't
> right.
>
> Any help with preserving my hands from any more damage would
> be appreciated.
>
> Scott Suhring
> Elizabethtown, PA
> '70 TR6
> '59 TR3
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George Richardson
The Wyvern - '57 Triumph TR3, TS15559L -
http://www.merlingroupinc.com/tr3.htm
The Hippogrif - '71 Triumph Stag MKI, LE8176E - soon to get a site of
it's own
Kitty - '83 Jaguar XJ6 Vanden Plas - Undergoing repair
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