Defender 110 CSW 1990
Right, back home, working in the dry, good lighting, proper tools (although I can't use them properly) and a prompt delivery of spares from Beamends.
I have changed the motor, the drive spindle adaptors and I have new wiper arms (the latter two items because I noticed that the ones fitted were rather more smooth than serrated!
So, it all goes in nice and easy, they wipe smoothly and park!
BUT..they only cover about 70% of the screen compared to what they used to.
Now this could be because the old ones were knackered and the arms moved on the spindles to give an apparently greater sweep (I said they had lost their serrations!), or something else has changed. If the latter I can't see what could have changed. I removed the new motor and checked it against what was there previously and the stroke length is identical.
It could be that they are working fine (just properly now!) On the drivers side they park about 3"-6" (movement in the mechanism) above the bottom of the windscreen and stop the sweep around 7" from the RHS of the windscreen.
How does this compare to other Defender owners? Should I be worried, I have an MOT coming up in about three weeks, is the swept area important?
Sorry for all the questions!
Cheers
Peter