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Old February 28th 05, 07:36 PM
Mike Romain
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The linkages are extremely touchy about the angles inside too. They
will jam really easy if the alignment isn't perfect. The movement is
almost over center on each side as it is so some major parts work would
be needed.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Lee Ayrton wrote:
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> Do you mean to make them do this?
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> You'd have to redesign the linkage and reposition the wiper mounts. As it
> came from the factory, the motor drives a gear box that drives a
> connecting rod attached to a bell crank on the left wiper. The right wiper
> is driven by a bell crank and connecting rod from the left wiper.
>
> Getting the wipers to move in opposite directions might be as easy as
> inverting the right hand bell crank, but the wipers will probably interfere
> with each other unless you move one of them, and that means making a new
> connecting rod.
>
> FWIW, I repositioned the "Park" switch on my motor to make them park to
> the other side. I like the way they wipe better that way.
>
> Or, you could install single-arm vacuum-operated wiper motors...
>
> On Sun, 27 Feb 2005, Clap Trap wrote:
>
> > I assume from his last response, your suggestion fixed him up. But,
> > along the same lines, do you know of any way to make them that way on
> > purpose and properly? I don't mean just putting the wipers on the stems
> > wrong, I mean instead of my wipers being like normal ( // ) I want them
> > to be together at the middle ( /\ ) so that both driver and passenger
> > have an unobstructed view. I'm about to replace the wiper motor so I'll
> > be in there with the guts anyway. It seems like I should be able to
> > simply move the linkage. Anybody done this?

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