Region: NWR/Oregon; ICSCC
Car #: 70
Year : 1991 Posts: 1111
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Having raced in fairly heavy rain last weekend (it happens with some frequency in the Pacific Northwest), I was again struck with just how feckless my wipers are.
They go slowly under the best of circumstances, and all but stop when I'm going faster than 60 or 70 mph. And the blades don't stay against the windshield at speed.
Is there some relatively simple fix for this, or do I need new motors to make them work right?
Region: chicago
Car #: 72 and ?
Year : 90 and 90 Posts: 1051
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It is not uncommon for the linkage to bind up. remember these are "sunny day" cars and the wipers got very little use as a street car. Disassemble the linkage, clean and lube. Will probably fix your problem.
Dave
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Region: Northwest, Oregon
Car #: 79
Year : 90 Posts: 3336
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Actually Mark, that does remind me- my wipers didn't work on the down-sweep either, but I had so much Rain-X on my windscreen (thanks Greg!) that it didn't matter.
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Region: detroit
Car #: 17
Year : 1991 Posts: 293
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Mark, I was reading a thread on Miata.net a while ago about slow wipers. Took my spare and opened it up, cleaned all the old grease out and replaced with cv2. doubled the speed. Should go without saying that you should mark the gear position before disassembly. Cant help with the lifting problem, maybe weak springs.
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