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Single wiper conversion (monowipe)

 
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PostPosted: Sat May 28, 2005 10:48 am    Post subject: Single wiper conversion (monowipe) Reply with quote

First of all you have to remove both wiper arms, They have a small clip that holds them on the spindles. Pull them Whilst wobling side to side to remove them. Next you need to remove the drivers side spindle, Do this by turning the plastic collar round the spindle. Then the arm joining the driver & passenger spindles has to be removed, give it a hard tug, Its just ball & socket joints.

Next you have to remove the small arm attached directly to the wiper motor, 10mm bolt. Then pull it off the remaining larger arm. Next you have to extend it 8mm, I did this by cuting it in half & welding an 8mm piece between the two halves.
Next re-fit the small arm to the wiper motor & to the longer arm. The longer arm has to go directly over the wiper motor arms fixing nut to be in the right position.

Then straiten a wiper arm in a vice, Fit an 18" Minimum, blade on it & fix it to the spindle making sure the bottom of the wiper blade sits about an inch away from the bottom of the screen.
A bit of adjusting may be needed to get the exact sweep you require.

As an added mod, why not make your new monowipe wash the screen too! Just run a lenth of washer hose from the washer pump to the wiper arm, cable tie it the lenth of the wiper blade & Pierce it at intervals along the blade. (making sure the holes face the screen!) Finally block the very end of the washer hose off, (the wiper end)
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