Windscreen wiper
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I would just dribble some oil down the shaft and get plenty of grease onto the rack. (push pull cable) It is more usually congealed grease in the rack that gums it up rather than the spindle boxes. I had the bottom hinge of one wiper arm seize up and had the motor in bits before i realised.
I am sure i remember a thread somewhere about removing these but i cant find it. I think it said that you have to remove the panel below the screen.
I have only ever taken them out of older Leyland cars and I always had a feeling that they started with a wiper box and built the car around it.
I have only ever taken them out of older Leyland cars and I always had a feeling that they started with a wiper box and built the car around it.
GT6k said:
I would just dribble some oil down the shaft and get plenty of grease onto the rack. (push pull cable) It is more usually congealed grease in the rack that gums it up rather than the spindle boxes. I had the bottom hinge of one wiper arm seize up and had the motor in bits before i realised.
Thanks, I repacked the rack as suggested but it made no difference, will try a regular application of 3in1 and see if that frees things up.Thanks for the advice.
Firstly hello to you all, I have been doing the usual hanging about in the background, but mainly driving the Cerbera with a grin on my face that could only be described as disturbed wonderment.
Ok, I may be able to help as I bought a Cerbera a couple of months ago that needed "a little help". The best way to check to see if the actual wiper boxes need freeing is to remove the wiper arms, open the wiper motor gearbox and unattach the reciprocating arm from what I call "the long spring thing" that pushes and pulls the gears in the wheel boxes. Now pull and push that" long springy thing," it should move freely. If it does not then you will have to remove the scuttle panel and unbolt the black plastic box that holds the wheel boxes and grease/repair.
Mine moved well with no wipers but had still managed to burn its motor out plus my replacement motor still couldn't shift more than one wiper on the screen at a time. The problem I think is the screen is very curved on the outer periphery and the wiper arm springs are to strong.
The solution... Get a pair of Landrover Defender wiper blades (slightly shorter less drag over the curve) and fit to the original Cerbera wiper arms. Plus soften the wiper arm springs off by bending them longer with a screwdriver. Sorted.
Ok, I may be able to help as I bought a Cerbera a couple of months ago that needed "a little help". The best way to check to see if the actual wiper boxes need freeing is to remove the wiper arms, open the wiper motor gearbox and unattach the reciprocating arm from what I call "the long spring thing" that pushes and pulls the gears in the wheel boxes. Now pull and push that" long springy thing," it should move freely. If it does not then you will have to remove the scuttle panel and unbolt the black plastic box that holds the wheel boxes and grease/repair.
Mine moved well with no wipers but had still managed to burn its motor out plus my replacement motor still couldn't shift more than one wiper on the screen at a time. The problem I think is the screen is very curved on the outer periphery and the wiper arm springs are to strong.
The solution... Get a pair of Landrover Defender wiper blades (slightly shorter less drag over the curve) and fit to the original Cerbera wiper arms. Plus soften the wiper arm springs off by bending them longer with a screwdriver. Sorted.
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