Slow windscreen wipers

[Riceburner]

Mine was slow, until I opened up the mechanism. Loosen the 3 screws that hold the motor on. Clean the brass contacts and bend them out a bit. Apply new electtric grease. Walla!!!

[CasKru]

I tried the earth and giving the coupling grease where you connect the blades to the motor. This improved it by about 10%.

I'm going to try what you did :)

[bosjakkals]

Miskien is ek verkeerd maar ek verstaan die Cmary se wiper motor werk op die SFA en het meer krag en spoed. Weet iemand of dit waar is?

[Meantoyboy]

Ek het die selfde probleem :x en sal definitief opsie een oorweeg maar sal ook like om te weet of die Cmary sin sal werk, of hoe CJ

[bosjakkals]

Sorry manne dit is eintlik CAMRY- daardie ander soort Toyota wat nie wil gaan waar ons wil gaan nie.

CJ

[Mr_B]

Hi guys,

While I was busy with the cool air induction mod, I had the wiper motor out. My wipers are also pretty slow, so I have stripped the motor to see whats going on, found 2 faults, the one spring was missing on one of the stator brushes, and the main problem, the grease by the plate brushes has gone hard and has managed to form a layer between the contacts, here the pics:

Main brushes:


Plate brushes jammed with grease:


Other than that the motor is in pretty good nick, expect rust on the one mounting. I'm going to clean it up nicely, coat the fiction parts with lithium grease and she should be back at her best!

B

[Scooter]

We managed to save the tree

Now back to wipers. Quick tip for wiper blades not cleaning windescreen properly.

Take a rag and a bottle of meths, use the meths to clean the rubber on the wiper. They will be good for a little while longer. The meths cleans and softens the rubber.

[Dadz Toy BFI]

meths cleans and softens the rubber.

but diminishes the plasticiser, rather spray/wipe them with some silicone

[ThysdJ]

but diminishes the plasticiser, rather spray/wipe them with some silicone

Agreed, you can also spray silicon lubricant on the windscreen to stop windscreen wipers from juddering.. it also improves the "wipe"...

[Scooter]

meths cleans and softens the rubber.

but diminishes the plasticiser, rather spray/wipe them with some silicone

Can't say Ive ever had a problem. Ive only done it when they are in need of replacement and Ive been too lazy to buy new ones.

Ill have to buy some silicon spray. what brand you use, spanjard?

[ThysdJ]

Ill have to buy some silicon spray. what brand you use, spanjard?

Spanjaard is what i used.. it worked great.

[CasKru]

but diminishes the plasticiser, rather spray/wipe them with some silicone

Agreed, you can also spray silicon lubricant on the windscreen to stop windscreen wipers from juddering.. it also improves the "wipe"...

Does this not make the windscreen a bit hazy? (ek pes 'n vuil windscreen)

Spanjaard is what i used.. it worked great.

Hoe hard moet mens 'n Spanjaard druk om silikon uit hom uit te kry?

[ThysdJ]

Does this not make the windscreen a bit hazy? (ek pes 'n vuil windscreen)

Nope, it wipes clear... Dit vee skoon..

Hoe hard moet mens 'n Spanjaard druk om silikon uit hom uit te kry?

Hang af of dit 'n manlike of vroulike Spanjaard is...

[Dadz Toy BFI]

I used to buy that "C-Thru" stuff, works lekker

I had a big old Audi 500 that had temperamental windscreen wipers, with C-Thru I could drive thru torrential rain without wipers nê

[ThysdJ]

The C-Thru stuff is great, but it does not stop your wipers from juddering. Also the Hilux windscreen is a bit steep, and you need to drive at quite a speed for C-Thru to work properly, which is not really possible on a dirt track in the rain. It works best on cars with streamlined windscreens.

I used C-Thru on the visor of my crash helmet when I was still riding motorbikes. C-Thru on the side windows are nice for clear side views in the rain though.

Another cure for juddeing windscreen wipers is to cut a potato in half and rub it on the windscreen, but I dont drive around with potatoes in the back as a rule.