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Re: [Healeys] BN1 - Wiper Arm Advice (A90)

To: "Alan Seigrist" <healey.nut@gmail.com>, "John Harper"
Subject: Re: [Healeys] BN1 - Wiper Arm Advice (A90)
From: "Peter Linn" <greylinn@ozemail.com.au>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 06:30:59 +1000
After reading John's mail I recalled seeing these adapters in Holden Vintage 
& Classic's catalogue - go to

http://www.holden.co.uk

and search item 040.001

Cheers

Peter

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Harper" <ah@jharper.demon.co.uk>
To: "Alan Seigrist" <healey.nut@gmail.com>
Cc: "Healey" <Healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 5:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] BN1 - Wiper Arm Advice (A90)


> Alan
>
> You might have difficulty in finding these but service parts were
> available that adapted the plain shaft to a serrated fitting as on the
> BN2 and beyond. This allowed later arms to be fitted to earlier cars.
>
> The benefit of these was that they were clamped onto the plain shaft by
> screws in the side of the adapter. With these it was possible to file
> flats in the plain shaft if the screws were not enough on their own.
>
> Regards
>>
>>My A90 has essentially the same wiper spindles as the BN1, and it is
>>miserable!!  Actually, these questions apply to my BN1 as well so here
>>goes...
>>
>>1) The spindles are round and smooth which makes it next to impossible for
>>the wipers arms to hold on to them without eventually coming loose after
>>just a couple of uses and sticking in some useless position on the
>>windshield when being used in the rain.  This is both very embarrassing to
>>have wipers stuck in random positions on the windshield when it is 
>>raining,
>>but also frustrating that the windshield isn't being wiped clear of rain
>>drops!  Has anyone come up with a good solution for making sure the wiper
>>arms stick to the wiper spindles without coming loose?  Any suggestions
>>welcome.  My cars are daily drivers and I do actually enjoy driving in the
>>rain (shame on me!).
>>
>>2) The spindles are supposed to have rubber seals on them.  Does anyone 
>>make
>>these?  Maybe Scott's Old Rubber Co...?
>>
> -- 
> John Harper
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