marshall
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| posted on 14/4/08 at 12:00 PM |
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wipe hole size?
i need to know what size to drill the hole for the wipers (wheel box) to go thought?
[Edited on 14/4/08 by marshall]
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mookaloid
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| posted on 14/4/08 at 01:10 PM |
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Depends what size your wheel box is 
Cheers
mark
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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caber
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| posted on 14/4/08 at 03:52 PM |
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Slow down there! The spindle of the wheelbox needs to be damn close to 90 degrees to the windscreen. This is difficult, standard wheel boxes and
spacers for a mini won't do unless you come up with something really creative. I made new spindles 68mm long to get roughly the right angle, its
a pain because the whole assembly is pressed together! the hole in the scuttle on mine is pretty long. Also check the motor and wheelboxes you have to
make sure the wipers will park to the passenger side, that will tell you which way up the wheelboxes need to go, mine are drive to the bottom though
some need the drive at the top which is tidier under the dash but means an even longer shaft to get the right angle on the screen. Just to make you
extra miserable you may have to "adapt" the length of the wiper arms. I ended up using a pair of old Landrover arms with new springs and
the splined bit out of cheap 10" arms of ebay, I tried drilling the new arms to shorten them but they are stainless and the drill wandered no
matter how much I tried to centre punch them. It took me 3 weekends to get the wipers working properly
Caber
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marshall
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| posted on 14/4/08 at 09:22 PM |
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i think i will try it on some wood 1st to
get the holes right before i go for the
body work. thanks and i am using the mini wheel box set up....
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