Author Topic: Windscreen wipers can stop out of the windscreen limits  (Read 2725 times)

watson2

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Windscreen wipers can stop out of the windscreen limits
« on: August 29, 2016, 13:37:46 »
    Hi guys.  On my 230 SL 1964 the windshield wipers exceed the limits of the windshield. They do this just for 2 or 3 cm (1 inch), but the problem is that sometimes (very often indeed) they stop in the extreme position. I am compelled to open the window and to give a light slap to the wiper arm. It immediatly works again, but may be that I'm compelled to make this maneuver several times during the trip. It's  not a pleasure.
    The stop position is not perfectly flat, but it makes an angle of not more that 5-10 degrees with the lower bordes of the chrome of the windshield .
    I read about wipers in your tech manual and some posts ( with Novamonte fix) : so I ask if the matter is the adjustment of the nut under the dashboard or there are other things to do?
    « Last Edit: August 29, 2016, 13:43:22 by watson »

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    Re: Windscreen wipers can stop out of the windscreen limits
    « Reply #1 on: August 29, 2016, 14:46:44 »
    Quote from: watson
    .../... if the matter is the adjustment of the nut under the dashboard or there are other things to do?
    http://www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?topic=22111.msg157962#msg157962
    /Hans S

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    Re: Windscreen wipers can stop out of the windscreen limits
    « Reply #2 on: August 29, 2016, 15:17:08 »
    Thank you Hans . It's exactly the section I read , with that image.
    My wipers don't slam down in the center.
    But you think anyway that this is the way to fix the problem. Is it so?

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    Re: Windscreen wipers can stop out of the windscreen limits
    « Reply #3 on: August 29, 2016, 17:32:42 »
    Done. Excellent.
    Now I have to test during heavy duty, but I feel that it will be Ok because I see no longer the right arm to perform a strange torque as before.
    Thank you again to Hans and all of you