turning rubber

[chuck1]

Wipers broke on Ute. A rubber lug failed. So off to repco, no good rang wreckers $45 for 20 yr old part.
off to hardware shop, and found rubber foot for steel tube legs. Sold!
Turned a mandrel for rubber foot. Turned to shape and pressed it all together. And we have working wiper again.

[smiife]

Hi charlie,
Very clever, good thinking mate:2tsup:

[dai sensei]

Interesting, but I'm not clear on how it fits in. Can you take a wider photo please

[rwbuild]

Necessity is the mother of invention. I like it when people think outside the box :2tsup:

[chuck1]

It's back in sorry. There is a ball joint on the pivot point the other arm has a ring that goes over ball and the rubber fits over the ball and locates in the small diameter keeping ring on ball joint and takes out the sloppiness.
hope that makes sense. There is 4 ball joints in the wiper assembly.
It's off a Commodore and simular to the kingswoods. I'll get a better photo next time it's out.
I hope it won't be for a while!

[chuck1]

Hoops I did take a photo before assembly. Hope it makes it clearer?

[Christos]

That's what we want to see, invention as the need required.

It gives the rest of us a good feeling that we can accomplish just about anything.

[DaveTTC]

I like it

Dave TTC
Turning Wood Into Art