Pre cutting myself
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Printed Date: January-12-2025 at 10:43am
Topic: Pre cutting myself
Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Subject: Pre cutting myself
Date Posted: January-12-2012 at 8:51pm
I've mentioned it before that I pre cut a finger before I have to work on a car/truck. It reduces the chances of cutting myself when ever I need to work on ether!   I don't know why but when I do work on one, it's inevitable I end up with a cut!!
Well, coming home this afternoon in Chicago's first real snow storm of the season, the drivers side windshield wiper gave up on my truck. Always at the worst time stuff like this happens!  Well, after removing at least 30 screws, panels and trim, I got down to the problem. (PITA) The ball/socket on the drivers side linkage had disconnected itself from the wiper motor arm probably from lack of lube and wear (but, there's no way to lube it!!). I got the socket out and peen'd it over to tighten it up on the ball, lubed it up and put it back together. Still, a real PITA! Vehicles today are made to make them easy to assemble but not to service! ------------- /diaries/details.asp?ID=1622" rel="nofollow - 54 Atom /diaries/details.asp?ID=2179" rel="nofollow - 77 Tique 64 X55 Dunphy Keep it original, Pete < |
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Posted By: 67425ks
Date Posted: January-13-2012 at 1:54am
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I sneak one of my wifes birth control pills for the bigger jobs that I know are going to screw me. So far it hasn't worked at all and I have two little boys to boot. I might have to try the precut method from now on.
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Posted By: OverMyHead
Date Posted: January-13-2012 at 1:59am
Hey Pete, I feel your pain, but Is there a good time when you are using the wiper that it could fail?  ------------- For thousands of years men have felt the irresistible urge to go to sea, and many of them died. Things got better after they invented boats. 1987 Ski Nautique |
8122pbrainard wrote:Posted By: M3Fan
Date Posted: January-14-2012 at 4:01pm
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I can relate. The wipers on my wife's BMW started failing to park in the correct position a couple weeks ago. They would wipe fully, then park in the middle of the windshield. The problem was a loose nut on the motor unit's output shaft. The shaft turns a short arm in a continuous circle, the other end connecting to stacked links for each wiper arm. The little arm's interface to the motor unit's output shaft is a conical, splined connection.
So, of course the wiper motor is completely buried under the windshield cowl, only accessible after removing a variety of other parts on the firewall, etc. There is NO WAY to get a wrench or socket on that nut. The linkage even covers it from the top 100%. So, for attempt #1 on this repair, I used a punch to tighten the nut (even after cutting down a spanner, which also wouldn't fit). It's a 13mm nut so I couldn't get much leverage with the punch, but I got it really tight and that solved the problem. Keep in mind that even getting to the nut involved being splayed out, laying across the engine, shredding knuckles, etc. Fast forward to Thursday, when we had that big snow. My wife throws the wipers on without breaking them free from the ice on the windshield- immediately blows my repair and has to drive 40 minutes through snow with the wipers parking right in the middle of the windshield. Every wipe is metal on metal grinding/etc. between the motor and that arm. So of course I have to fix that Thursday night. This time I took the entire motor/linkage unit out, wipers off, cowling off, etc. so I could get the whole thing on a bench. The splines on the arm interface were pretty much gone but the shaft spines were still good. Cleaned them off and put as much torque on that nut as I could without stripping it. Put everything back together and it's still holding solid. My hands are dotted with little cuts, all over. Ironically the connection between each wiper arm and the unit is about 10X bigger/stronger than the one used to drive the entire assembly. ------------- 2000 SN GT40 w/99 Graphics/Gel 2016 SN 200 OB 5.3L DI https://forum.fifteenoff.com |
Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: January-14-2012 at 6:21pm
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Joel,
I'm glad to find out I'm not the only one with the same problem!
Is your wife happy with your repair? Sometimes that problem will add to the issue! ------------- /diaries/details.asp?ID=1622" rel="nofollow - 54 Atom /diaries/details.asp?ID=2179" rel="nofollow - 77 Tique 64 X55 Dunphy Keep it original, Pete < |
Posted By: SNobsessed
Date Posted: January-14-2012 at 8:08pm
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Pete - I had a car once that had the hood cable came loose from the firewall socket, only way to open hood was to reach up under dash with both hands,(one holding the sheath).
So I am in the middle of Iowa, at a convenience store, & decide to check oil. I pull on the cable & something slips - my thumbnail gets pierced with the sharp barb of a panel clip & there I am with my throbbing hand stuck under the dash. It was one of those moments when there is no choice but to bear the pain - I had to pull it through to get loose. No one was going to rescue me. Never will forget that one. ------------- “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” Ben Franklin |
Posted By: M3Fan
Date Posted: January-14-2012 at 10:03pm
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Notice the initial repair with the punch- CCF motor mount technique! ------------- 2000 SN GT40 w/99 Graphics/Gel 2016 SN 200 OB 5.3L DI https://forum.fifteenoff.com |
Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: January-14-2012 at 10:10pm
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Good one Chris!! Damn, the old school auto mechanic is now called a "tech"! They just plug in the diagnostics and figure out what's wrong. God help them if they have to pick up a tool! ------------- /diaries/details.asp?ID=1622" rel="nofollow - 54 Atom /diaries/details.asp?ID=2179" rel="nofollow - 77 Tique 64 X55 Dunphy Keep it original, Pete < |
Posted By: eric lavine
Date Posted: January-15-2012 at 11:46am
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if your a doctor, your patient tells you whats wrong lol ------------- "the things you own will start to own you" |