 Question: How to avoid a rusty wiper arm pivot valley? |
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| pnewman |
 Dec 31 2011, 07:53 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 371 Joined: 15-February 05 From: Lincolnshire, IL Member No.: 3,606 Region Association: Upper MidWest  |
After years of welding and grinding and cuting and grinding and welding and... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif)
...you get the idea. My 74 was finally shot this week oem silver. (que canned applause.) I remember one of the things that always bothered me was the rust residue that would gather on the paint from the wiper pivot in the valley where the arm would attatch to the linkage on the cowling in front of the windshield. ?Does anyone have recommendations (other than "don't get caught in the rain.") as to what I can do on installation to avoid this as I re-assemble post paint? Stainless steel 8mm nut / washer? Plastic washer / cover at base? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) I did pick up a pair of 911 wiper arms that have the plastic cap over the mounting nut but I have seen this valley fill with water submerging the pivot hardware until I soaked it up with a towel. Advise requested. Thanks in advance. Pete (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) Attached image(s) 
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| PancakePorsche |
Jan 1 2012, 01:35 AM
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Not much you can do about it. I blow it out with compressed air after washing or wick it out with a towel when rain stops. The plastic caps over nuts are stock and should be there.
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| pnewman |
Jan 1 2012, 12:01 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 371 Joined: 15-February 05 From: Lincolnshire, IL Member No.: 3,606 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
QUOTE(PancakePorsche @ Dec 31 2011, 11:35 PM)  Not much you can do about it. I blow it out with compressed air after washing or wick it out with a towel when rain stops. The plastic caps over nuts are stock and should be there. I am afraid that you may indeed be correct. Perhaps this was another design oops by Porsche like the rain running off of the battery. I think that Porsche should have raised the wiper mounts like little bumps / nipples vs the indentations. Heinsight. |
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