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Sun Mar 01, 2009 7:45 am

Hi All - got a 67 T1 and just started the car for the first time since I put it to bed back in November. While I was warming up the motor I tried the wipers and heard a high pitch noise the whole time it was running. It sounds like it needs some lube. My question is - can I just spray WD40 on the assembly or do I need to remove it,take it apart and grease it? Thanks for any advice.

Sun Mar 01, 2009 8:38 am

Quote: can I just spray WD40 on the assembly or do I need to remove it,take it apart and grease it?

Spray it first, if that doesn't do it then......

Sun Mar 01, 2009 8:56 am

water displacement 40 is not a lube. remove and take apart and use white lithium grease.

Sun Mar 01, 2009 9:33 am

Thanks Bill...I didn't mean to call in the "Big Guns" on this question. I Appreciate your input. That will be next weekend's project.

Sun Mar 01, 2009 10:52 am

Is the noise form the wiper shafts, arms, or motor?

Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:04 am

not totally sure. I believe it sounds like the wipers are seizing up. Should I work on the motor as well as the assembly?

Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:39 am

Quote: water displacement 40 is not a lube.

From the web site: "Lubricates windshield wiper linkage"

http://www.wd40.com/uses-tips/

:roll:

Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:44 am

If it were me, I'd first order a set of seals for the wiper shafts, then take it all out and clean/lube everything.

Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:30 am

runamoc wrote: Quote: water displacement 40 is not a lube.

From the web site: "Lubricates windshield wiper linkage"

http://www.wd40.com/uses-tips/

:roll:
Dish soap would also lubricate your wiper linkage, but that doesn't mean you should use it there.

WD40 is a solvent/lubricant mixture that has a lot of uses, but is not ideal for the vast majority of them. If you were the one advertising it, you would also leave out that last part.

If lubrication is the goal, there is always a better choice than WD-40.

Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:36 am

I use WD-40 when I want to do a combo job of flushing out old dry lubricant, and leave a very light and short-term lube in place. I consider it a kind of field repair, not a proper strip/clean/lube job. But sometimes it's that or nothing, and as long as you know its limitations, it is handy.

So if spraying the pivot or spindle with WD-40 silenced it, I would know the location of the problem. I would later clean and lube it with 3-in-1 or Bosch grease or whatever, but at least I had SOME lube in the meantime and got the grit or dried junk cleaned out. This seems like that kind of job.