WIPERS

crazyinalabama · Post by **crazyinalabama** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 7:27 am

1968 D-200, THE WIPER ON THE CO-PILOTS SIDE DIED THE OTHER DAY, HAVENT HAD TIME TO TEAR INTO IT ,AND DONT HAVE ANY MANUALS YET TO READ UP ON IT. SO COULD SOMEONE GIVE ME A BRIEF AND SIMPLE EXPINATION OF WHAT MAKES IT WORK AND WHAT TO CHECK OUT FIRST.
THE WIPER JUST WONT MOVE AND CAN BE MOVED BACK AND FORTH BY HAND.
THANKS

steven · Post by **steven** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 7:37 am

I sounds like the splines where the wiper arm meets the shaft by the cowl. The splines most likely stripped, making the arm not move when the wipers are on, and making it easy to move by hand.

crazyinalabama · Post by **crazyinalabama** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 8:35 am

THAT SOUNDS LOGICAL, IS THAT ANM EASY PART TO FIND!

Website · Post by **wideblock** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 9:14 am

with a small triangular file and a bit of ingenuity, it can be repaired. pull it apart and regroove the thing. it will usually work once or twice before you have to trash the wiper arm or spline.

Russ · Post by **Russ** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 6:01 pm

You said co-pilot side so I assume the drivers side is still moving. Could be what Trey said, or the link to that side might have come off of the pivot. Look down through the cowl vent slots with the wipers going and see if the link to the passenger side is moving. It's a simple setup so should be easy to determine the problem.

injunjoe · Post by **injunjoe** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 6:12 pm

Try dressing it up like trey suggested first, as a last resort clean the splines and the socket with alcohol let them dry and stick it together with any one of the super epoxy repair compounds on the market . Most will release with heat so you can remove it if you need to. I used the kind they put golf club heads on the shafts with on an old plymouth it lasted a long time.

Website · Post by **wideblock** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 9:52 pm

i have to agree with russ here, the drag link is most likly suspect. if the spline were stripped, it would still try to move, and give resistance when manually moved. they are only held by small pins, it could have broke and come loose. option 2, look for my wiper post in gen chit chat, heading "info worthy of saving or somthing like that. theres a kit you can buy, it comes with a new splined drum and converts to an off the shelf wiper arm and blade. the way i torqued mine on, stripped shaft or not, it wouldnt have slipped. LOL

the shaft is tapered, the new drum is not, so under a bit of torque, it cuts in new grooves all by itself.