<div dir="ltr">The two hex-headed screws that secure the two halves of the wheelboxes together can loosen as well, allowing the cable to slip over the gearwheel, causing the symptoms you've described.<div><br></div><div>Rick Neville</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 1:53 PM, BJ8Healeys <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sbyers@ec.rr.com" target="_blank">sbyers@ec.rr.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="m_7558503443432312114WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060">Assuming that you haven't been working on the motor or the wiper actuating links, the most likely cause and the easiest to check would be that the wipers are slipping on the splined wiper shafts, but I would expect that to begin with only one wiper, not both at the same time.  Make sure the wipers are fully seated on the shaft.  See if you can turn the wipers on their shafts with the wiper motor off.  If you can, there's your problem.  If the splines are O.K., then I would suspect a problem with the actuating rack or gears in the wheelboxes, finally, the parking mechanism in the motor.<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060">Steve Byers</span><span style="color:#002060"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060">HBJ8L/36666</span><span style="color:#002060"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060">BJ8 Registry</span><span style="color:#002060"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060">AHCA Delegate at Large</span><span style="color:#002060"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060">Havelock, NC  </span><span style="color:#002060"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Healeys [mailto:<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys-bounces@autox.<wbr>team.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dennis Gavin<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, August 27, 2017 11:24 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] BJ7 Windshield Wipers<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Healey Gurus,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">My 63 BJ7 wipers are giving me trouble and not sure where to start. They now seem off the track, won’t park and only wipe about 30 degrees of windshield. Now progressed to attempting to wipe the bonnet? Suggestions from this most valuable group sincerely appreciated. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">djg<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Dennis Gavin<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Gavin Associates Inc<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Office: <a href="tel:(508)%20381-1090" value="+15083811090" target="_blank">(508)-381-1090</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Fax: <a href="tel:(508)%20381-1095" value="+15083811095" target="_blank">(508)-381-1095</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><a href="mailto:Djg@Gavinassociates.com" target="_blank">Djg@Gavinassociates.com</a> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div></div><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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