Hi Biff,
I just went through this on Puddles. It ended up being the front tube
mount was sliping up by the left wiper gear under the dash. This caused
both wipers to move only 25 degrees. I had to take it all appart to fix
it. The tube that penitrates the firewall lost it's flare. I double
flared it again and it has been fine ever since. It was a strange
problem.
Rick
Biff Jones wrote:
>
> I need some help on getting the wipers on my bugeye apart. I
> want to look at the inner drive cable. Can I remove it at the
> motor/gearbox and spin it out or do I have to remove everything
> to get it out? None of the books I have says anything other than
> how to adjust the parking control. My problem: my wipers will
> only swing through a 25-30 degree arc. Using 90 degrees as
> straight up they will go to 100-105 degrees to the right and
> return to about 80-75 degrees to the left. They will not park.
> If I put the arms up so there is no pressure on them they work
> just fine and will return to the park position. I had the cover
> off the main gearbox qand can see no real play there. Because of
> this I 'assume' that either the drive cable and/or the gears in
> the wheelboxs are worn. Please help so I can drive in the rain if
> I have to.
>
> Thanks,
> Biff, AN5, 'Kermit' & HAN6, 'Ole Gray'
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