Fred D. Zwiger

A friend of mine has taken his wiper transmission apart. Does anyone have a diagram or know exactly how this thing goes together?

Thanks,
Fred Z.

5869vette

Fred, rare corvettes has some great how too`s.

http://www.rarecorvettes.com/RARE/WiperTrans.html

The main thing is to make sure the transmission is not frozen up.
If it doesn`t release, there are people who rebuild these.
Hope this helps.
Tony

cbernhardt

http://www.carols62.com/59/wiper_trans.htm

Fred D. Zwiger

Thanks guys. Just what I needed.

Fred Z.

Frankie the Fink

Both great articles....a couple of other tips:

If your friend has his dash apart there is an access hole behind the passenger aluminum dash insert to get to that wiper transmission. You can R&R it WITHOUT using that hole (I did it) but its much more 'fiddly'. The one article implies pushing down on the top of the wiper shaft from outside the car with considerable force....I don't recommend that.

A moderate 'push' should be enough to disengage the locking pawls to tension the cables.

Original trannys are just peened over on the far end of the shaft and you can actually break that loose if you are too aggressive. Many folks drill and pin the shaft at that end during reassembly -- it gives a much more secure assembly.

If your friend reuses the original transmission brackets then he'll be fine...if he is using a different set then they vary in shape from year to year due to the different curves of the cowl over the years.

When completely done observe the cable operation from under the dash and make darn sure they aren't sawing through any electrical wires or you will surely get a 'carbeque' in short order.

Fred D. Zwiger

Thanks for all the help.

F.Z.