Wednesday 17 December 2008

Wiper Mistake

Well no-one has spotted my first proper mistake..... so I'll tell you. The wipers park the wrong way - i.e they park to the nearside not the offside. It would have been OK had I not turned the wheelboxes round to get a better run on the bundy cable - inadvertantly reversing the action of the wipers!!


However, all is not lost as this can be easily rectified. A bit of research shows that sometimes the motor mechanism can be supplied wrong in the first place anyway!. All we need to do is move the parking switch actuating ramp on the gearwheel 180 degrees.

Here's how:

Remove the spindles, bundy tube and motor from the car (insert your own expletives!):
Turn the motor over and remove the circlip and dished washer from the bottom of the shaft (note the orientation of the dished washer):
Turn the motor back over and remove the gearbox cover plate:
Push the mechanism out of the housing:
Under the gear wheel you will see the white plastic parking ramp:
Prise it out with a screwdriver:
Re-fit it in the holes on the other side of the gearwheel:
Then re-assemble - easy!
Just need to put it all back in the car now!

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