I would leave the rack alone.
If you take the motor out and remove the top plate, I believe you'll find
that the grease on the gears has pretty much solidified. New grease worked
for me.
Exit stage left for the Walter Mitty Races.
Al Salvatore
www.triumphowners.com/624
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert G. Pindell" <pinderg@sbcglobal.net>
To: <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 10:32 PM
Subject: Windshield Wipers
>I hate to bring this simple query to the group, but is there a magic
> solution to my slow wipers? I need to get my 6 inspected after several
> years of inactivity, and now the wipers barely move. I have disconnected
> the motor to extract the rack that drives the "wheel boxes" that have the
> wiper arms attached but the rack seems to be held in tight, maybe by old,
> very gummy grease. At the present I'm left with digging into the plenum
> behind the dash which looks like several tedious hours and I'm not sure
> that
> I can disconnect everything if I can't withdraw the rack first. Any
> experience and/or short cuts or advice to solve this problem?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Bob Pindell - 1973 with hardtop
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