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Is there a "correct" resting postition for the wipers?


albatcha

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Forgive me if this has been discussed I tried searching for it and I checked the books I have but I didn't find anything. In most of the old advertisements it seems like both wiper arms are set so the blades as low as possible on the windshield, but in other photos from period magazine reviews they're usually not set that low and sometimes the passenger or driver side looks higher or lower than the other. That's also how it is on the mobile tradition restored tii, they're both higher up with the passenger side higher than the driver side. Also when I adjust it all the way low, the driver side wiper seems like it's not wiping far enough at the top of it's stroke and the passenger side does not touch the glass on the outside edge where the glass curves. This is with 15" blades. Is there a consensus on the "correct" alignment?

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1 hour ago, albatcha said:

....Is there a consensus on the "correct" alignment?

 

I doubt it!

 

The first photo is of my ‘76 in April 1977. I don’t believe the blades had ever been off the splines by that time.  If the 15” blades come any lower, they’re simply cantilevered into space when they’re parked, or even near the parking position. As you mention, however, the left wiper (driver’s side on U.S. cars) does not reach an area near the left A pillar if the arm parks low.

 

Since no one can agree on the factory position, I’d recommend you adjust them to maximize their wiping capacity!

 

I would not be surprised if brochure cars had their wiper arms adjusted to the lowest positions, or even photoshopped...

 

Regards,

 

Steve

 

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Steve's picture is about right....too low and you may find the wipers trying to wipe the cowl, or a least the rubber windshield gasket; too high and the driver's side wiper hits the gasket on the A pillar.  Both are hard on the wiper mechanism.

 

The '02s were meant to have 13 inch wipers--and the early ones do--but Federal requirements for wiped area (I believe) made BMW go to 15" blades sometime in 1969.  My Feb 69 production '02 has its original 13" wipers, and the passenger side blade doesn't hang away from the glass at the bottom of its stroke like the 15" wipers do. 

 

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Thanks everyone, I went to adjust them based on your pictures and settled on this, driver side as level as possible and passenger side slightly angled up. One spline lower is definitely too low and one higher is definitely too high. Sorry about the cell phone from 2013 picture quality.

 

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