How come they don't have a normal nut and bolt on the windshield wiper,
instead of that very finely serrated post?

Joy

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Joy Hecht
and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon

For musings about life and the vanadventures:
http://users.rcn.com/jhecht/gypsy

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:::-----Original Message-----
:::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
:::Of Stan Wilder
:::Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 1:28 PM
:::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
:::Subject: Re: windshield wiper help
:::
:::Many times your wiper arms get stripped at the pivot post because the
:::neighborhood and feral cats use your wipers to boost themselves to the
:::top
:::of your van.
:::Most times it's just a matter of tightening the nut but you can only
:::tighten
:::it so many times before the serrated post eats your soft metal arm away
:::and
:::you're past the fix with just tightening.
:::This is when you need to use a piece of fresh cat gut as a bushing to
:::tighten up the fit of the serrated shaft into the enlarged hole in the
:::wiper
:::arm.
:::
:::Stan Wilder
:::High Performance Ceramic Coatings
:::www.engineceramics.com
:::