Anyone got a picture of Leven Wipers on their Griff/Chim?

[RichB]

Hi - has anyone got a quick picture of the Leven Wipers as fitted to their Griff or Chim? I've had them fitted to my Griff but it appears that the arms are fitted with the wrong blade assembly and a picture would help. Thanks Rich...

[Bluebottle]

It's not a brilliant picture but you can see them;

http://www.pistonheads.com/members/showcar.asp?car...

[RichB]

Thanks that's certainly a help...

[David Beer]

RichB, you didnt answer my mail to you, or did you and it got lost? Got my washers from a Merc sprinter, they attatch to the arm and have four jets.

[Sam Gamgee]

David Beer said:

RichB, you didnt answer my mail to you, or did you and it got lost? Got my washers from a Merc sprinter, they attatch to the arm and have four jets.

Very efficient these babies are. Sadly, I regularly drive a sprinter, got leven ones on my griff (xmas pressy from gf few years back).

Dave.

[RichB]

David Beer said:

RichB, you didnt answer my mail to you, or did you and it got lost? Got my washers from a Merc sprinter, they attatch to the arm and have four jets.

Sorry David, I've been busy on other stff, thanks... I found a Blaupunkt one I had laying around in the garage which I am going to try first, I'll get back to you to let you know how I get on Rich...

[aerospoke]

Washers from Merc Vito or Viano work great too.

Cheers

[RichB]

Sorry to try to steer this back onto topic but as good as the Merc Sprinter may be I'm looking for a picture of the Leven kit on a Griff or Chim

A picture taken on your mobile will do Thanks...

[LordGrover]

I know you've seen this on TVRCC, but just for anyone coming along in six months time:

[RichB]

Thanks for this, it helped but my problem is that the wiper blade rocks up and down as the wiper changes direction, I've tried to indicate this movement with the yellow arrow. basically it's very slack / floppy on it's mounting and it twists or rocks about, consequently on the upward swipe the black plastic spray block hits the glass and when it does this it does it with a quite a whack, this in turn has scratched the screen where I've drawn the grey lines, which is a bit of a st!

Racing Green gave me the original stuff back so I will try to bdise the arms and blades to make one working set-up, at the moment they are unusable.



ETA I didn't realise we couldn't say bdise? I thought it was a genuine engineering term for making something work with a mixture of odd parts !!!

Edited by RichB on Sunday 29th March 18:51

[LordGrover]

Unfortunately I can't be a lot of help - it was one of the few things I've fitted in two minutes and they just worked. I can't even see how it can go wrong but it clearly has in your case. Sorry dude.

[Bluebottle]

RichB, are you saying that the "P" clip (that the blade pivots in) which clips into the "U" of the wiper arm is loose?

[RichB]

Bluebottle said:

RichB, are you saying that the "P" clip (that the blade pivots in) which clips into the "U" of the wiper arm is loose?

Humm... not sure, there just seems to be so much slack in all the little joints and hinges that the actual rubber bit just rolls forward and allows the washer to hit the glass, all very frustrating!

[Bluebottle]

RichB said:

Bluebottle said:

RichB, are you saying that the "P" clip (that the blade pivots in) which clips into the "U" of the wiper arm is loose?

Humm... not sure, there just seems to be so much slack in all the little joints and hinges that the actual rubber bit just rolls forward and allows the washer to hit the glass, all very frustrating!

Ahhh... thought so, what we really need is a photo of yours (close up where it clips into the arm), I have a feeling that something is a miss with you have installed it.

[RichB]

Thanks Hamish, I'll try to get one posted tomorrow evening. Looking at a picture of a Chimaera on the TVRCC forum I reckon my arms are on right but the blade carriers are on the wrong arms. One blade structure (don't know what you call this) is asymetrical in that the centre bridge (the bits with 4 slots in it) arches away from the glass on one side but is flat where it lies under the arm. This one is on the drivers side and I think it should be on the passenger side.

Edited by RichB on Sunday 29th March 22:03

[Seasider]

RichB said:

consequently on the upward swipe the black plastic spray block hits the glass and when it does this it does it with a quite a whack, this in turn has scratched the screen where I've drawn the grey lines, which is a bit of a st!

iirc when i fitted mine it touched the screen a little, i carefully removed it the jet a moved it up slightly...

[Bluebottle]

Thought about it some more and vaguely recollect that when I fitted mine, the nearside arm was slightly twisted and the blade/blade carrier wasn't being held at 90 Deg. to the wind screen, and I had to tweak/twist the arm with pliers and clip the wiper back in it. Never had issue with it being loose tho?

[bigdods]

[quote=RichB]Thanks Hamish, I'll try to get one posted tomorrow evening. Looking at a picture of a Chimaera on the TVRCC forum I reckon my arms are on right but the blade carriers are on the wrong arms. One blade structure (don't know what you call this) is asymetrical in that the centre bridge (the bits with 4 slots in it) arches away from the glass on one side but is flat where it lies under the arm. This one is on the drivers side and I think it should be on the passenger side.

I think you have the answer ... that asymmetrical one should be on the passenger side so the blade can bend more around the curved edge of the windscreen. Fitted mine a few week back so its still fresh in my mind !

[RichB]

bigdods said:

I think you have the answer ... that asymmetrical one should be on the passenger side so the blade can bend more around the curved edge of the windscreen. Fitted mine a few week back so its still fresh in my mind !

Yep, sorted now, thanks everyone.