[Healeys] Leak at windscreen wiper

BJ8 Healeys sbyers at ec.rr.com
Wed Apr 30 10:32:01 MDT 2008


Hi, Simon -
Assuming that the bezel is just stuck and not still mechanically attached somehow, you could drizzle some penetrating oil around the shaft and the foot of the bezel and tap it gently with a rubber mallet or a piece of wood until it comes free.

Cheers!
Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
Havelock, NC  USA
---- Simon Lachlan <simon.lachlan at homecall.co.uk> wrote: 
> My Mk II BT7 3000 has a slight drip/leak from the RHS windscreen wiper post.
> Nothing much, but it's there and I'd like to fix it.
> 
>  
> 
> First stage.buy new rubber seals. Then remove the blade assembly, then the
> big thin nut, then the rubber o-ring which I put in last time.
> 
> Now the part that I can't shift..the chrome thingie through which the drive
> spindle protrudes and which keeps the whole thing together and pointing in
> the right direction. This would be the thing that actually sits on the
> rubber seal.
> 
> I cannot shift it to save my life. Yes, a bit of brutality might do it, but
> it would probably take out half an acre of paintwork and do in the mechanism
> to boot. Or, I could buy a new thingie and aim to somehow cut the old one
> off the spindle. But I reckon that would be very hard to do without
> devastating the surrounding area. Maybe a Dremel, which I don't have???
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> .Thanks,
> 
> Simon
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