Good point!

John

John Rodgers
Clayartist and Moldmaker
88'GL VW Bus Driver
Chelsea, AL
Http://www.moldhaus.com

On 9/20/2010 6:01 PM, Jonce Fancher wrote:
> Hi all
> In the Past a buddy of mine would use aluminum or soft brass shim
> stock and wrap the shaft with it. I think He even used Tin Foil if I
> remember.
> BUT, He would wrap it around a few times then slip on the ol arm and
> tighten it down. Seemed to work every time. Also if you do pull the
> dust cap off of the base nut which is like 24 mm or something make
> sure to lube the shaft since it has probably never been done. You
> really do not want to change the motor since you over worked it dry.
> C-ya Jonce
>
>
>
>>  Thanks Guys,
>>
>> I'm going to just go for it. Tighten those nuts down and hope that
>> indeed the shaft metal does cut into the pot metal. I'll know soon
>> enough.
>>
>> John
>>
>> John Rodgers
>> Clayartist and Moldmaker
>> 88'GL VW Bus Driver
>> Chelsea, AL
>> Http://www.moldhaus.com
>>
>>
>> On 9/19/2010 5:16 PM, John Rodgers wrote:
>>>  I recently acquired a pair of replacement wiper arms with the airfoil
>>> on them to replace the ones I have with no airfoil.  When readying to
>>> install them, I discovered there is no knurling on the inside of the
>>> new
>>> wiper arms where the knurled wiper shaft goes through,  as there is in
>>> the ones I took off. In the replacements, it appears they have corroded
>>> away, been worn off by abuse(nut not tight) or simply were never there.
>>> In any case, without the knurling, it would appear that slipping would
>>> be an ongoing problem. Anyone have any ideas as to how to address this
>>> issue?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>> --
>>> John Rodgers
>>> Clayartist and Moldmaker
>>> 88'GL VW Bus Driver
>>> Chelsea, AL
>>> Http://www.moldhaus.com
>>>
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