[TR] Windshield wiper wheel box question

[Dave Connitt]

All,
In addition to the wiper arm slipping I found that the little tang on the inside of the arm that is supposed to clip underneath the knurled wheel of the wiper box is too high to actually clip under the wheel. I hope I am explaining this accurately.. 
After further investigation I found that if I turn in the wipers and hold the driver side wiper box, I can feel the knurled wheel skip. So I removed the driver side wheel box and the gear that is driven by the cable is definitely worn. I would prefer to find a decent original vs. installing a new one but I may have no choice as I scrounge through my spare parts bin.
T- minus a day and a half till we leave for Watkins Glen! 
No pressure!!
Dave

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> On Sep 6, 2022, at 9:51 AM, Cliff Hansen <cliff_hansen at outlook.com> wrote:
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> What about a squirt of caulk? It should hold the wiper blade on until you get home, and be easier to clean off than other products.
>  
> Cliff
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> From: Triumphs <triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Paul Tegler <ptegler at verizon.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 6, 2022 7:00:13 AM
> To: triumphs at autox.team.net <triumphs at autox.team.net>; Dave Connitt <dconnitt at fuse.net>
> Subject: Re: [TR] Windshield wiper wheel box question
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> worst case you should not have to shim all the way around.... quick and 
> dirty sacrifice.... local auto parts store ... buy a set of blade feeler 
> gauges. The thinner gauges should make perfectly selectable shim stock 
> to jam the blades in place. They should be thin enough to cut with a 
> pair of scissors
> 
> ptegler
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> On 9/5/2022 11:27 AM, Dave Connitt wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I need suggestions on how to shim or increase the diameter of the knurled portion of my driver side wheel box until I get back from Watkins Glen next week. I have a set of original wheel boxes but there is no way I can get them swapped in before we leave this Thursday. For instance, Is there some type of shim stock/adhesive combination I could wrap around the knurled wheel on the wheel box?
> > Thanks,
> > Dave Connitt
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