Wiper Travel Problem
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Wiper Travel Problem
I’ve noticed the drivers side wiper on my Traveller hits the window rubber when it wipes to the upright position but sits perfectly flat when not in use. It has started to mark the window rubber, is there an adjustment I can make to stop the wiper travelling to far?
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There is not an adjustment for amount of sweep, it sound like a bit of wear and tear in the gears in the motor, you can of course turn them 180 degrees to use then unworn sections.
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Kevin
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Do you mean the sweep is too broad then? I had a problem with the sweep being too narrow - the wipers weren't travelling far enough, so the driver's side would only be half-wiped.
I took the whole arm off and moved it round a degree or two on the wheel .... that meant the area wiped is better - atleast its the bit I'm looking through! But i did have to do the same to the other one, so they dont look wonky - and of course they dont quite park at horizontal anymore (not that you'd really notice....)
I know you said yours park at horizontal, but you could try moving it round just a wee bit, if they go?
....I havn't done it... but I'm reading the Haynes and can't you move the limit switch around in the gearbox aswell? So you could combine a bit of the two, until you get it right. I might just be talking out of my rear there though.
Otherwise........ I'd just not worry about it.
I took the whole arm off and moved it round a degree or two on the wheel .... that meant the area wiped is better - atleast its the bit I'm looking through! But i did have to do the same to the other one, so they dont look wonky - and of course they dont quite park at horizontal anymore (not that you'd really notice....)
I know you said yours park at horizontal, but you could try moving it round just a wee bit, if they go?
....I havn't done it... but I'm reading the Haynes and can't you move the limit switch around in the gearbox aswell? So you could combine a bit of the two, until you get it right. I might just be talking out of my rear there though.
Otherwise........ I'd just not worry about it.
Eleanor
1969 Trafalgar blue 2-door 'Wilberforce'
1969 Trafalgar blue 2-door 'Wilberforce'
The limit switch affects ONLY the parking position, not the angle of the sweep. What affects the sweep: gearwheel in wiper motor, condition of rack, gearing in wheelboxes. There have been anumber of wheelboxes sold that give only a fraction of the correct sweep. Some traders recognise this, others are more reluctant to asknowedge a problem.
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Took the top off the motor to reveal the gearing and removed the wiper mechanism but could not get the wheel out and was afraid of damaging it. However when I put it all back together the wipers did sit a bit high when off so I removed them and reset in a lower position and all is well as the wiper no longer hits the rubber in the upright position. So thanks to all who gave advice and I seem to have fixed the problem more by luck than judgment.
Hope it stays fixed but if not how do you get the wheel out without damaging the plastic teeth.
Leafie
Hope it stays fixed but if not how do you get the wheel out without damaging the plastic teeth.
Leafie
The gearwheel in the motor is mounted on a shaft which passes vertically through the casing and is then retained by a circlip underneath the body. To remove the body from the car undo the three nuts that are on the bottom of the studs that pass through the rubber mountings. Fiddly to get to ! Sometimes the studs unscrew from the body - no problem, they just screw back.
But it's the wheel in the wheelboxes we were talking about - these are under the scuttle with the shaft sticking through for the wiper arm to sit on, Fiddling with the driven wheel in the gearbox won't help - but you have probably disturbed the parking position which is why you had to re-position the arms.
It was, but then the post read:But it's the wheel in the wheelboxes we were talking about
hence the answer.Took the top off the motor to reveal the gearing and removed the wiper mechanism but could not get the wheel out and was afraid of damaging it..........how do you get the wheel out without damaging the plastic teeth
Yes, absolutely no problem - the studs are captive. It's usually easier to then remove the rack in sections. Also, if the chrome nuts outside are jammed, removing the rack components removes any danger of kinking the tube by accidently turning the whole wheelbox - wish I'd thought of that last time I changed the finisherI've never tried unscrewing the two nuts holding the rear plate on when they are still fitted to the car. Is that possible?
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So I was looking in the entirely wrong place. Still as I seem to have solved the problem with more luck than judgment all is well at the moment. Took the glove box out on the passenger side and can see the shaft referred to so if anything does go wrong at least I know were to look.bmcecosse wrote:But it's the wheel in the wheelboxes we were talking about - these are under the scuttle with the shaft sticking through for the wiper arm to sit on