I think Gary is talking about the seal that is on the shaft that passes
through the wheel box housing and has the serrated hub that the wiper arm
attaches to. It is a weather seal that keep water from seeping down through
the wheel box and dripping into the passenger compartment, namely on your leg
while driving in a rain storm. I too have wondered if this can be replaced.
It looks like a small diameter rubber tubing sleeve that seals the area
between the wiper shaft and the wheel house housing. One of mine is split
part way down the side of the rubber sleeve. Driver's side of course. :-(
Larry
'67 BJ8
-----Original Message-----
From: warthodson <warthodson at aol.com>
To: healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sun, Aug 28, 2011 9:51 am
Subject: [Healeys] wiper wheel box
Does anyone have a cleaver way of replacing the rubber weather seal on the
haft of the wiper wheel box & what did you replace it with?
Also, FYI, we recently purchased a reproduction wiper wheel box which
appeared
o be of very good quality. However, the O.D. of the serrated adaptor on the
nd that accepts the wiper arm was slightly undersized. This prevented the
riginal wiper arm from seating tightly & it would not stay locked in place.
o, We purchased reproduction wiper arms hoping that they would fit tightly.
o luck. Their I.D. was even larger that the original wiper arms, so they fit
ven looser.
ary
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