Removing rain x wiper blades
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The caulk will help to absorb the rotational torque of the motor. We filled the gap between the motor housing and the bracket with silicon caulk. The motor shaft, 3/8-inch diameter, protrudes through the bracket and secures with the nuts provided with the motor. The bracket will be secured to the header with number 10-24 thumb screws. The inserts have a number 10-24 internal thread. Once the location of the mounting holes was transferred to the rear surface of the header, two 3/8-inch holes were drilled and threaded metal inserts were installed. The bracket was fabricated to keep the motor as close to the glass and as high as possible. The wiper arm is modified to compensate for the motor location. The motor is unmodified, but we did cover the screw heads with silicone caulk in an attempt to maintain a water-resistant enclosure. There is a gap of approximately 3/4-inch between the bottom of the header and the top of the windshield frame, which is plenty of clearance for the sheet metal bracket.
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The main ingredient to this installation is the 16-gauge metal bracket that holds the motor in front of the windshield glass and mounts to the rear of the wooden header. This roadster has a 2-inch chopped windshield and a folding top with an original-style wooden front header. We started the project with a Mighty Wiper motor from Pacific Western Design, Inc. We wanted a removable electric wiper motor that could be installed quickly (e.g.: sitting under an underpass on the interstate) and without using any tools. Rain-X is an excellent product and works 98-percent of the time this removable wiper is for the other 2-percent of the time. The “sometimes” is usually on a Sunday afternoon when you are several hundred miles from home, driving in a frog-strangling rain, and you need to be at work on Monday morning. In our opinion, windshield wipers don’t look good on roadsters! Good looking or not, sometimes Ran-X isn’t enough to do the job and wipers are really needed. Text and Photos by David Guy Removable Windshield Wipers for Roadsters: When Rain-X Isn’t Enough