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guzzirider
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 Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 4:26 pm Post subject: lubing wipers and air control levers |
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I kinda have my dash out and think I should lube my wipers and air control levers with while I have OK access
I was thinking silicon spray for levers
grease for wipers
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Tcash
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SGKent 
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| Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 5:09 pm Post subject: Re: lubing wipers and air control levers |
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the best way to lube the heaters is a motorcycle cable lube kit. You can spray white grease on the lever fulcrums if you want. My new cables went from medium pull to really easy when I used a motor cycle cable lube kit like someone here suggested.
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busdaddy
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| Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 5:22 pm Post subject: Re: lubing wipers and air control levers |
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Remove the wiper assembly and dismantle the shafts from the pivots for a cleaning and lube, no amount of external spraying of anything will free them up, if you don't they sieze and destroy the wiper motor.
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Tcash
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| Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 6:45 pm Post subject: Re: lubing wipers and air control levers |
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Power injection cable luber.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Cable-Luber-Power-Injec...mp;veh=sem
You can tape the straw to the cable, to force lube down the cable housing. Old school.
For the bel cranks that the wiper arms attach to. Use a boat wheel bearing grease. This grease is water proof and will prevent rusting not if but when water gets in there.
The rest of the linkage gets white lithium grease.
Good luck
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