Bongo Fury

Hi, our Fredas front wipers are slamming into the lower windscreen plastic facia making one hell of a bang - worse when on fast and at higher road speeds. I've tried adjusting the position of the arms on the drive spindles but there is a lot of backlash and the drivers side wiper arm now passes the A piller on the up stroke (!!!), which is again not much good. My question is: can the throw of the blades be reduced mechanically or is there a bit of electrical wizardry that is supposed to limit the angular travel but has perhaps packed up - a sensor perhaps? If anyone has an answer or some advice then drop me a pm or e-mail me at [email protected]
Cheers, Paul and Claire

Sounds to me like your mechanism is worn if there's that much play in it, I'd have a look at the mechanism & see what's wearing loose, or give Tonic or Ebygum a shout, they're breaking bongos, may still have a wiper mechanism available.
This diagram may help - http://www.lushprojects.com/bongopartsm ... mgno=.html.
Just a thought, have you got the right blades on the right arms & the right arms on the right spindles? I got myself very confused when I took mine off to spray them

missfixit70 wrote:Sounds to me like your mechanism is worn if there's that much play in it, I'd have a look at the mechanism & see what's wearing loose, or give Tonic or Ebygum a shout, they're breaking bongos, may still have a wiper mechanism available.
This diagram may help - http://www.lushprojects.com/bongopartsm ... mgno=.html.
Just a thought, have you got the right blades on the right arms & the right arms on the right spindles? I got myself very confused when I took mine off to spray them

Did same which is which?

Dunno, took a few goes to get it right, I'd had a busy weekend & Boyfrombrasil & Sue turned up halfway through, so I didn't know what I was doing

Is it the long rubbery thing on the short swingy thing on the drivey side
and the short rubbery thing on the long swingy thing on the other side
or am i mixing my rubbering and swinging.

missfixit70 wrote:Fuctifino, took a few goes to get it right, I'd had a busy weekend & Boyfrombrasil & Sue turned up halfway through, so I didn't know what I was doing

Sounds right & looks right according to the lushprojects piccy Baz .

'Rubbery things and Swinging' sounds interesting

bongobaz wrote:Is it the long rubbery thing on the short swingy thing on the drivey side
and the short rubbery thing on the long swingy thing on the other side
or am i mixing my rubbering and swinging.

missfixit70 wrote:Fuctifino, took a few goes to get it right, I'd had a busy weekend & Boyfrombrasil & Sue turned up halfway through, so I didn't know what I was doing

Yep sound right to me too!

You should be able to set em up so the drivers arm don't slap the A pillar on the top stroke & they tickle the top of the plastic at rest...