The two hex-headed screws that secure the two halves of the wheelboxes
together can loosen as well, allowing the cable to slip over the gearwheel,
causing the symptoms you've described.
Rick Neville
On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 1:53 PM, BJ8Healeys <sbyers at ec.rr.com> wrote:
> Assuming that you haven't been working on the motor or the wiper actuating
> links, the most likely cause and the easiest to check would be that the
> wipers are slipping on the splined wiper shafts, but I would expect that to
> begin with only one wiper, not both at the same time. Make sure the wipers
> are fully seated on the shaft. See if you can turn the wipers on their
> shafts with the wiper motor off. If you can, there's your problem. If the
> splines are O.K., then I would suspect a problem with the actuating rack or
> gears in the wheelboxes, finally, the parking mechanism in the motor.
>
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>
> Steve Byers
>
> HBJ8L/36666
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> BJ8 Registry
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> *From:* Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] *On Behalf Of
> *Dennis
> Gavin
> *Sent:* Sunday, August 27, 2017 11:24 AM
> *To:* healeys at autox.team.net
> *Subject:* [Healeys] BJ7 Windshield Wipers
>
>
>
> Healey Gurus,
>
>
>
> My 63 BJ7 wipers are giving me trouble and not sure where to start. They
> now seem off the track, won?t park and only wipe about 30 degrees of
> windshield. Now progressed to attempting to wipe the bonnet? Suggestions
> from this most valuable group sincerely appreciated.
>
>
>
> djg
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>
>
> Dennis Gavin
>
> Gavin Associates Inc
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> Office: (508)-381-1090 <(508)%20381-1090>
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