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Gary Fritz

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 6:42 pm
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My wife has an '84 911. The driver's-side wiper has always been a disaster
-- it's bowed in the middle so there's a swath about 4" wide (naturally
directly in the line of sight) that the wiper completely misses. It's
horrific trying to drive in snow in this thing.

She says changing out the wiper does no good, because within a week the new
one is bowed too. The wiper rest position is to the left, and it hangs off
the curved part of the windshield on the left side. Sitting against that
curved windshield quickly bows any wiper you put on it.

I can't believe this is the way it's "supposed" to work, or Porsche would
have been sued a hundred times over by people who couldn't see and crashed.
There MUST be some way to make this thing work right. Any suggestions??

Thanks!
Gary

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Piernicola Comuniello

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 5:01 pm
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Gary Fritz <fritzxxx.RemoveThis@xxxfrii.com> wrote:

> There MUST be some way to make this thing work right. Any suggestions??

Use wiper with spoilers which should help to be pressed against the
windshield by the force of wind when driving at normal speed?

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:48 pm
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MD3608 DeleteThis @mclink.it (Piernicola Comuniello) wrote:
> Use wiper with spoilers which should help to be pressed against the
> windshield by the force of wind when driving at normal speed?

Can't hurt, though it won't help much for in-town (low-speed) driving.
I'll see if I can find something like that.

Any other suggestions? Didn't Porsche have something to address this, or
did they just let all their owners drive blind in rain & snow!?

Gary
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:12 pm
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"Gary Fritz" <fritzxxx.TakeThisOut@xxxfrii.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9A4677144CB3Dfritzfriicom@216.168.3.50...
: My wife has an '84 911. The driver's-side wiper has always been a
disaster
: -- it's bowed in the middle so there's a swath about 4" wide (naturally
: directly in the line of sight) that the wiper completely misses. It's
: horrific trying to drive in snow in this thing.
:
: She says changing out the wiper does no good, because within a week the
new
: one is bowed too. The wiper rest position is to the left, and it hangs
off
: the curved part of the windshield on the left side. Sitting against that
: curved windshield quickly bows any wiper you put on it.
:
: I can't believe this is the way it's "supposed" to work, or Porsche would
: have been sued a hundred times over by people who couldn't see and
crashed.
: There MUST be some way to make this thing work right. Any suggestions??

have you ever had the wind screen replaced? are you the original owner?
reason I'm asking is it sounds like what I experienced after the wind screen
(wind shield) was replaced on our Jeep Cherokee. They had to remove the
wiper arm and when they replaced it they did a poor job and it would crash
into the cowling. Took a bit of fiddling but I got it right eventually.
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 9:00 pm
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"Low Life #3" <holden_mcthynge.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote:
> have you ever had the wind screen replaced? are you the original
> owner? reason I'm asking is it sounds like what I experienced after
> the wind screen (wind shield) was replaced on our Jeep Cherokee. They
> had to remove the wiper arm and when they replaced it they did a poor
> job and it would crash into the cowling.

Not original owner (only about 7 yrs), not sure about replacement. But I
don't think we're seeing the problem you have. The wipers seem to go where
they should, but in the park position the left wiper hangs off the left
curved part of the windshield.

The Dead Senator <deadsenator.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I am quite sure you misunderstood my suggestion about the wiper arm
> reversal, so here is an article about it:

Hm, you are right, I did. That does look promising. I didn't realize they
would reverse so nicely. I think I'll look into that. Thanks!

Gary
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