Quadcammer

Hey guys, I'm giving this a try.

It only took about 5 minutes to get the 13mm nut cracked loose, and I've got it to the point where its basically a few threads from coming off the shaft.

Few questions.

1. Does the nut have to come all the way off? If so, how in gods name did you get the nut back on the shaft and get it started?

2. Once its loose or off or whatever, I'm assuming you remove the arm from the splined shaft and then rotate the shaft with the wiper motor or by hand?

3. Once its where you want it, you then tighten the nut?

Thanks gents.

SkiDan

Are you familiar with the wiper reversal DIY at p-car.com ? If not, here is the link http://p-car.com/diy/wiper/

Quadcammer

yeah I took a look at that.

I got the nut and washer off, but now for the life of me I can't get the arm off the shaft.

Quadcammer

ok, well that problem is solved

now though I can't get the linkage back on the shaft.

sigh, lol

Mike J

You must has smaller or more nimble hands than me...I tried to reverse the mechanism and my hands would not fit...so I gave up.

cheers,

mike

Quadcammer

I have small hands.

In fact, getting the nut off was a piece of cake.

Getting the bloody linkage back onto the shaft is the problem.

Quadcammer

ok, after a few attempts, I got the linkage on, washer and bolt on.

The wipers now sit all the way down on the passenger side...which is great.

That said, the wipers don't go all the way down on the drivers side during the swipe.

Maybe move it a couple of splines to get to a good mid point.

took a little over 3 hours....no blood lost, and only a few little indents on my palm.

now, the important part.

If you can avoid taking the bolt all the way off, DON'T take the bolt off. Even with a magnetic tool, getting that sucker back on is bloody well difficult.

shadow993

I read some place, you can just move the wipers over and take out the wiper relay. You do lose your intermitten wiper function.

True? Any thoughts?

Falcondrivr

Absolutely true. I do this at the track. (see avatar)You just park your wipers wherever you like. But no intermittent function. Takes 30 seconds to do and undo...

Quadcammer

yes, this is true.

If you don't mind having to manually "park" the wipers on the passenger side every time you use the wipers, this is a great option.

It also gets rid of the intermittent function, which was something I wished to keep.

If you're not sure you're gonna like it, try out the relay. That said, if you want a permanent solution, i think the mechanical solutions is more appropriate.

Quadcammer

folks DO IT DO IT DO IT

This is a fantastic mod. I can't fully explain why, aside from having better sight and ability to see the corners of the car, but it seems to be more 911-like to see that smoothed "torpedo".

Might be time to hire some child laborers to get this done guys.

AOW162435

Pics. Or it never happened.


Andreas

nile13

The issue comes, I think, when it starts raining. You get that swath of glass in front of you that wipers don't reach.

So... please report back when it rains and let us know if it's objectionable. Of course there's Rain-X and other stuff available too.

Quadcammer

well, the wipers still cover the glass in front of you...the real issue that the water runs up the glass.

Either way, I don't tend to drive a hell of a lot in the rain, but if its too annoying, I'll switch back.

Quadcammer

there you are sir:





ignore the pitted windshield and some spotting on the paint.