Tony,
I rebuilt my wiper motor drive assembly this winter as part of my advanced
case of shipwrights disease.
It is one integrated unit. The motor and drive sort of share the same
housing. Start by disconnecting the output shaft from the wiper moving
assembly where it goes into the firewall and remove the entire unit
including the mount. You will be amazed with what is under that corner of
the engine bay.
The Triumph Workshop manual or Haynes manual can take you through the
disassembly and reassembly.... it is not difficult. This unit gets pretty
dirty and ignored. The problem could be from a dry gearbox or dirty motor
armature or worn brushes.
I got mine cleaned, painted and back and it works like new. If you run
into trouble give me a yell.
Brian Sanborn
62 TR4 CT16260L - Groton, MA
sanborn@net1plus.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Rhodes <ARhodes@compuserve.com>
To: Triumph List <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Saturday, March 13, 1999 8:15 AM
Subject: Slow/stopping wipers: what to do?
>
>I had to use my wipers the other day :( (on a TR4A) At the slow
>switch setting it looked like the wipers were struggling, and stopped
>on a few occasions. I found that if I kept the switch at the
>"Fast" setting, then they would not stop, but were slower than I think
>they should be.
>
>Where should I look first. Motor or gear box? Both? Any pointers
>to removing the parts from the car? Do I need to take off both the motor
>and gear box or can I get the motor off the gear box without removing
>the box?
>
>-Tony
>ARhodes@compuserve.com
>http://outworld.compuserve.com/homepages/arhodes (updated again 3/12)
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