Wiper arm mod.

Richie

I started driving "ugly" the 51 even in the rain and decided that even with the new blades they did a poor job. What I found to work was a mod to the arm itself. There is a piece of stainless on the back side on the bottom of the wiper arm that is held in place with two small tabs. After prying that piece up out of the way you can see the tension spring and how it is attached. The spring attaches to the bottom of the arm with a small piece of S.S. that has a hole for the spring on one end and the other end hooks over a small pin or shaft. I used a small vicegrip on the bottom end of the spring and un-hooked the S.S. hook. That piece comes right out after un-hooking the spring. I just drilled another hole in that piece about 1/4" further away from the original hole and re-assembled everything. With the added tension the blades wipe the windshield clean as a new car. I drove in some heavy rain and they worked really good. Richie.

RL Chilton

Richie wrote:

I started driving "ugly" the 51 even in the rain and decided that even with the new blades they did a poor job. What I found to work was a mod to the arm itself. There is a piece of stainless on the back side on the bottom of the wiper arm that is held in place with two small tabs. After prying that piece up out of the way you can see the tension spring and how it is attached. The spring attaches to the bottom of the arm with a small piece of S.S. that has a hole for the spring on one end and the other end hooks over a small pin or shaft. I used a small vicegrip on the bottom end of the spring and un-hooked the S.S. hook. That piece comes right out after un-hooking the spring. I just drilled another hole in that piece about 1/4" further away from the original hole and re-assembled everything. With the added tension the blades wipe the windshield clean as a new car. I drove in some heavy rain and they worked really good. Richie.

That's a good tip, but do you hear the crickets in this thread? Probably not too many folks drive their Hudsons in the rain! LOL!

53jetman

Good tip Richie. I like you will drive my SuperJet in the rain. I'm not afraid of it "shrinking" or the rain washing off the paint!



Jerry

53jetman

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Great tip

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will do if'n I ever get my Hud on the road

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I'll get busy on this mod!



Great piece of advice Ritchie, thanks!



Mark

Richie

Hey Russell, thanks, I drive it in the rain now because it hasn't rusted away in 58 years and I'm not worried about that now. It doesn't leak inside so I'm Ok with driving it in the rain. Richie.

Richie

53jetman wrote:

Good tip Richie. I like you will drive my SuperJet in the rain. I'm not afraid of it "shrinking" or the rain washing off the paint!



Jerry

53jetman

I like to hear when guys drive these old cars, rain or not. I give credit to you Jerry and all others that drive on any kind of day. I went to 3 local chapter meetings in a row earlier this year that it rained. Lots of the other Hudsonites drove their Hudsons to the rainy meetings also. Richie.

Richie

rpmonroe wrote:

Great tip

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will do if'n I ever get my Hud on the road

Thanks rpmonore, just hang in there and don't give up, you will get it on the road I'm sure. Richie.

Richie

`Hudsonator wrote:

I'll get busy on this mod!



Great piece of advice Ritchie, thanks!



Mark

Hey Mark, thanks, Richie.