[TR] Wiper motor mounting

[Brian Jones]

..now you mention it Dennis, I warmed my grommets with a heat gun to improve
their flexibility...

Brian

On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 9:56 AM, D&B Lambert <blambert at socal.rr.com> wrote:

> If you don't have silicone lying around you can use a dab of regular coking
> (vegetable) oil.  Also, I heated the grommets in boiling water for a few
> minutes.  After fishing them out with a pair of needle nose they cool down
> to handling temp quickly, but are still quite pliable for several minutes.
> Mine went in relatively easily.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> > As I recall, I put silicone spray lubricant around the
> > hole in the mounting plate and then rolled the rubber 'grommet' up like a
> > Taco and pushed its nose into the hole. I used a combination of needle
> > nose
> > pliars to pull and an old (rounded) flat blade screwdriver to push the
> > piece
> > into place. The rubber can take quite a bit of abuse and stretching.
> >
> > Brian
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