Re: Wiper Broken

[". ." <cobram@juno.com>]

Raymond Park <rpark@freimark.com> writes:

>Initially, the driver's side wiper went too far left off the 
>windshield.
>
>I tried to fix this by pushing the wipers back - apparantly, this was 
>a mistake.  The wipers now go up but do not go back to the original 
>position.  The passenger side is fine though.
>
>I checked under the hood and I know there is a bolt that (I think) 
>holds the wiper arm in place.  Do I do anything with this?

Sounds like you stripped the fine splines that attach the wiper
arm.  Take that nut off (I think it's a 12 or 13mm), place the 
arm back on and tighten again and see what happens.  

If it's really stripped badly, I've found that adding some 
black weatherstrip adhesive to the splines before attaching
the arm sometimes fixes the problem.  Don't use anything that 
will get hard, you will have to remove that arm soon enough.  
I like the weatherstrip adhesive because it holds well, yet 
is maleable when you have to remove the arm.

BCNU,


Cobram@Juno.Com
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Flats/1469/

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