Speaking of wiper arms and screws, I have one woper arm that I have had for
years. The arm is adjustable (slides in and out of the main arm body), and at
the end of the sliding arm there is a curved piece that fits into the wiper
blade. That curved piece if held onto the arm by a screw so it can be
adjusted, I assume. I'm "assuming" it came from a very early car. anyone know?
Thanks
tom
>
> From: John Harper <ah@jharper.demon.co.uk>
> Date: 2008/09/22 Mon PM 03:32:16 EDT
> To: Alan Seigrist <healey.nut@gmail.com>
> CC: Healey <Healeys@autox.team.net>
> 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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