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- 17 December 2020 at 3:03 PM #5650Tim WilsonParticipant
Hi, you Forum sages:
The wiper system on my Special is fairly ineffectual, the blades making incomplete contact with the screen at best, and really amounting merely to a ‘smear-spreading’ set-up when it’s raining.
I have a classic MG-type Lucas screen-mounted wiper motor, affixed to the lower screen frame thru 2 holes and with a middle 3rd hole for the wiper spindle. On my side, there’s an idler/spindle, and the wipers are connected via a rod whose threaded ends are attached to each wiper arm. This rod l got from somewhere like the ‘Complete Automobilist’.
My feeling is that the dubious screen contact might be a result of the lack of a u/joint at either end of the connecting rod, which because of angle change thruout the ‘sweep’, lifts the arm/blade away from the w/screen, thus preventing consistent contact.
But can anyone help, please, with comments and advice/pics of their own linkage set-up, which might get my wipers lying flat on, and clearing the screen properly? Pic of my assembly below. Tia, Tim.21 December 2020 at 10:15 AM #5653Ron DowleParticipantTom did you manage to attach a photo of your wiper system to the Forum ?
21 December 2020 at 1:21 PM #5655Tim WilsonParticipanthttps://photos.app.goo.gl/2UakLw2Xf1GXRn7C9
Thanks for the prompt, Ron. It looks like my attachment didn’t upload – perhaps due to low memory on my phone. I’ve tried putting an image up in the link above. Tim.
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