Posted by Gary Peterford
on 6/8/2012, 7:30:01, in reply to "Re: Wiper Arm Assembly"
50.89.129.14
What I did for my FC was re-die the unique threads that are on the special posts to a different thread so I was able to use a regular castle nut with a normal thread. After taking off and replacing the nuts, the soft thread inside the nut got stripped. Also when tightening the large nut holding the posts, the posts have to be somewhat pointing outward instead of directly forward or you will get a jam-up in the linkage when the wipers arespread wide especially when you are moving and the wind in blowing against them.You can damage the new wiper motor transmission if the wiper arms are spread open too far.
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: Ben,
: There is no new complete wiper assembly that
: is made or sold for the FC Vehicles. There
: are other wiper assemblies for other Jeeps,
: that are advertised as fit all Jeeps for the
: years of the FC production. but they are
: wrong, they mount above the windshield, as
: are found on other Jeep models.
: Craig Brockhouse to all of us is the Wiper
: man, he previously went to a lot of work to
: secure a Manufacturer to create a new
: Electric wiper conversion kit, it replaces
: the vacuum wiper motor. I won't go into the
: faults of the original equipment wiper
: motor. His kit provides a 2 speed or a
: intermittent switch, a special wiring
: harness, a simple wiring diagram and the
: special motor, that has the special mount on
: it, that exactly bolts into the original
: mounting location.
: How it works:
: There is a special rotating mounted channel,
: that actuates the two inside right and left
: internal arms, these are connected by
: special clips to the two shafts, these
: shafts have a spring washer that is on the
: shaft, the shaft goes into a mounting hub,
: these items are under the body. The shafts
: rotate on the hubs that are held in place
: with another spring washer and a small
: special C clip, the hubs have a threaded
: portion that sticks out, then there is an
: outside chrome cover bezel, a flat washer
: and nut, with a unique rubber cover. This
: leaves a remaining portion of the wiper
: shaft that has a unique thread, the shaft
: has two flat sides on it, a knurled hub
: adapter then slides on the flat sides of the
: remaining wiper shaft arms, a lock washer
: and a unique castle nut with a unique thread
: on it, that holds the wiper arms down. The
: unique to an FC right and left wiper arms,
: are also special because they are shaped for
: the FC windshield.
: So of all that I mentioned, do you have any
: of those parts?
: I have some new items that I needed for me,
: but had to acquire in quantity. I have these
: parts on display at the FC Roundup, so I
: have limited quantities.
: At some point I will soon be talking to
: Craig about him also having the reproduced
: wiper items that I have.
: What I have is:
: New knurled hub adapters.
: New clips for the inside arms.
: New C clips for shafts.
: New a better knurled outer lock washer.
: New the outer unique thread exact
: replacement FC castle nuts.
: I probably have in short supply, the easier
: to get, used parts for the rest of what you
: need, except for the rubber covers.
: Please contact me at:
: m677jeep@cs.com
: With a list of your exact needs of items
: that you do not have, for prices.
: At a later date Craig will list in the FC
: Connection under: items for sale, exactly
: what I have of the new reproduction wiper
: parts.
: If anyone has a source of the rubber covers,
: I will stop trying to find someone that can
: make them.
: Ben I will send you a picture to your email
: that may help you recognize some of your
: lost parts.
: Jesse Ybarra
:
:
:
: --Previous Message--
: Hi all-
: I am looking to find someone who is selling
: a wiper assembly (wiper arms, bushings,
: etc.) or a source of a refabricated setup. I
: have heard of a mythical 'wiper man' who
: fabricates these for FCs but have yet to
: find out if the 'wiper man' is real. Any
: information you guys could share with me so
: I can get my wipers on the FC would be
: great!
:
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