Wiper Sweep Angle/Blade length
Posted:
Thu Sep 24, 2015 5:27 pmby William2
Can anyone confirm what the correct gear is in the wiper motor to give the right sweep. Mine was originally fiited with 110 degrees which was far too much. I have just changed it to 100 degrees and even that angle makes the wipers just touch the windscreen rubber. I am assuming my wiper blades are the correct length at 14"??
Re: Wiper Sweep Angle/Blade length
Posted:
Thu Sep 24, 2015 8:25 pmby patrics
Hi
I'm very sure mine was a 110 deg and blades are also 14 inch
Photo if attached should show how mine over hangs as well - think that's normal?
Regards
Steve
Re: Wiper Sweep Angle/Blade length
Posted:
Fri Sep 25, 2015 5:55 pmby david.g.chapman
On my +2, the wiper arm that rests pointing to the A pillar was shorter than the other arm. This helps to reduce the overlap with the windscreen rubber shown.
Funnily enough, I got some arms at a classic car show in better conditions than my originals but with the arms more equal in length. Now I have a similar issue!
I ended up rotating the arm upwards a notch on the spindle. This means the arm rests a bit high, but as I am tall this is not a problem. If this does not help for you, then you could try and get hold of an arm 1 inch shorter or so.
Dave Chapman.