Dave Conner's Jointed wiper arms

[Danton J.A. Cardoso]

What is this jointed wiper arms that you speak of?  A visual would be
beneficial.

On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Doyt W. Echelberger <
doyt at buckeye-express.com> wrote:

> Before I got my 87 5ktq I wasn't very interested in what made the wheels go
> around.  Then, so many things under my car required attention that I had to
> turn to this group in order to survive, and my education began. But my
> whole concept of what was "normal" in suspensions came from crawling around
> under this old 87 5ktq.
>
> As the years went by and I got interested in how other companies built
> their suspensions, I was surprised at how fragile and light weight the
> components of many other cars appeared. My idea of "normal" was what I saw
> under my 87.
>
> I am reminded that many  public parks and American Legion Posts are
> decorated with Sherman tanks left over from the 2d World War.   "Built like
> a tank" would be appropriate for our old quattro systems.  Perhaps out
> there in the Green Future, our Audis will end up as decorations in public
> parks, when everything else with wheels is made of carbon fiber, runs on
> electricity, and can be plugged in at night. When that happens, I'll donate
> my sturdy old Audi to the city and maybe write it off on my income tax.....
>
> Gotta go shovel some snow. The drift with the wiper arms sticking out is
> getting pretty deep.
>
> Doyt
>  >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> At 11:50 AM 2/9/2010, you wrote:
> >Doyt W. Echelberger wrote:
> > > In retrospect, the only reason it is
> > > still running at over 300k is because I've replaced almost everything
> two,
> > > three, four times (except the engine, transmission, quattro system and
> > zinc
> > > coated body).
> >
> >When I got my first Audi, I was concerned about the complexity
> >and reliability of the quattro system. Hah! It seems like that's
> >the most robust part of the car.
> >
> >--
> >Kent McLean
> >1990 V8 w/5-speed and other mods
> >1991 200 TQA #3, with mods
> >1999 A4 Avant, V6 Tiptronic
> >gone: '91 200 TQA x2, '94 100 S Avant, '89 200 TQ "Bad Puppy"
> >
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Danton J.A. Cardoso