[Spridgets] Winshield wiper fail points

[Guy Weller]

The usual problem is that the grease inside the
rack tube becomes solidified with age (don't we
all!) and then the wipers gradually slow down. The
solution is to strip them down, clean out the old
grese with a solvent ( petrol or engine cleaner)
and re-gerease with fresh.

Guy

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Sent: 20 December 2007 15:11
To: Mark A. O'Neil
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Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Winshield wiper fail
points


I'd be more inclined to accuse your wheel boxes.
The housings are aluminium,
and the shafts are steel, and you know what
happens when dissimilar metals
are in contact with one another. I'd see if you
can get them out, and try to
free them up with some sort of moly based lube.

Brad

On Dec 20, 2007 8:51 AM, Mark A. O'Neil
<mark.a.oneil at dartmouth.edu> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The windshield wipers on my '79 are sooo slow
they are practically
> useless.
>
> So as I think about fixing them I figured I'd
check with the list to
> see where the common points of failure are.
>
> Switch, motor, the complicated system of cables
and gears?
>
> thanks,
> -m
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