I have heard of using JB Weld on wire wheel splines then working
it down with a file.
...Art
On Sun, 20 Sep 1998, Jeff Zuckerman wrote:
> Hello all,
> I am new to the list and also new to car restoration. But...never
> wanting to do things in a small way, I am in the middle of a full
> restoration of a '67 BGT which includes stripping virtually every nut and
> bolt from my bondo-laden "parts car" and attaching it to my newly painted
> shell which I purchased for $200. The engine pieces return from the machine
> shop this week to be reassembled, and sometime in the next few weeks the new
> carpet kit and wiring harness will go in.
> Anyway (yes, there is a question here for all of you MGurus!) this
> evening I was extracting the windshield wiper motor assembly from the donor
> car and I noticed that the splines on the passenger side wiper hub were all
> pretty much worn away.
> Does anyone have any tricks to give the wiper arm something to "grab"
> onto again? The only thing I can think of is using a dremel type tool
> (which I don't own) to try a cut some new splines, but I don't know if this
> would work.
> Thanks,
> Jeff Zuckerman
> Olympia, WA
> 1967 BGT (restoration project)
> 1971 B (restoration-project-in-waiting)
> 1989 Jaguar XJS Rouge
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