[T3] Wipers

Bryan Peters bavapeters at comcast.net
Tue Sep 14 17:02:58 PDT 2021


The only problem is the pin on the opposite end of the shaft that connects is bigger in diameter then the early ones. I found this out on my girlfriends 67 Fastback. So I now have an NOS set of the later 7mm for sale.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 14, 2021, at 4:44 PM, Jeff C <knowonelse at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> ISP West calls out 5mm for early and 7mm for late wiper shafts.
> https://vwispwest.com/type3/electrical/wiper-assembly-motor/
> 
> Has anyone tried fitting late shafts (and the late wipers) into an early
> tube?
> 
> If the length of arm that attaches to the wiper motor and connector are the
> same, it should work.
> 
> It would be nice to have the late wipers with the larger diameter shafts.
> 
> The 1970 version is a different beast altogether.
> 
> Jeff
> '67 sqbk
> 
>> On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 3:49 PM Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:
>> 
>> They won't fit, as is. I THINK the 68-9 shafts are 8 mm and the earlier
>> shafts
>> are 6 mm. I'm not sure about the exact number, but I am sure that the
>> early
>> shafts are smaller. Assuming there's enough meat in the early arms it
>> might
>> be possible to drill and ream the early arms out to fit the later shafts.
>> I could
>> do that work if you could provide a careful measurement of your later
>> shafts.
>> 
>> Jim
>> 
>>> On 14 Sep 2021 at 14:13, Joe Plowick III wrote:
>>> 
>>> Is it possible to run the 311 955 407 A arms on a '69.  I've seen some of
>>> those for sale and have listed that they will work on 68-89 too.  If the
>>> earlier cars had smaller wiper shafts, I would suspect they wouldn't fit
>>> properly.
>>> 
>>> Joe P.
>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 1:25 PM Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> The clamp style, with the pinch bolt, are good. The set screw style are
>>>> hard
>>>> to keep working. If you can get a second pinch bolt style, that would
>> be
>>>> easy
>>>> and keep the car "original." It will be hard to find the correct arm.
>>>> 
>>>> I don't think there's anything special you have to do to swap in a '70
>>>> setup,
>>>> but it's a lot more work, and probably a lot more expensive.
>>>> 
>>>> '68-9 cars all came with the set screw style, but VW did a recall to
>>>> replace
>>>> them with the pinch bolt style. As with all non-safely recalls, not
>> every
>>>> car got
>>>> switched.
>>>> 
>>>> For '68-9s:
>>>> 
>>>> Left arm: 311 955 407 B
>>>> 
>>>> Right arm: 311 955 408
>>>> 
>>>> Earlier cars had the same problem, except that the stub the arm was
>>>> supposed to grab onto was even smaller (6 mm?) For those cars, the
>> pinch
>>>> bolt arms are the same: 311 955 407 A.
>>>> 
>>>> When I got my '69 the wiper arms were loose on the shafts, because the
>>>> shafts were so buggered up that the arms could not slide all the way
>> onto
>>>> them. I managed to file off the high points so the arms could fit. They
>>>> have
>>>> worked fine, but I'm not sure if I have the L & R on correctly. I may
>> even
>>>> have two lefts or two rights. Too bad they're not marked.
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> *******************************
>>>> Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
>>>> Madison, Wisconsin, USA
>>>> *******************************
>>>> 
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> VWType3.Org mailing list - type3 at vwtype3.org
>>>> To unsubscribe or change subscription options, visit:
>>>> http://lists.vwtype3.org/listinfo.cgi/type3-vwtype3.org
>>>> If you need more help, contact: gregm at vwtype3.org
>>>> 
>>> -------------- next part --------------
>>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
>>> URL: <
>> http://lists.vwtype3.org/pipermail/type3-vwtype3.org/attachments/20210914/ede7336b/attachment.html
>>> 
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> VWType3.Org mailing list - type3 at vwtype3.org
>>> To unsubscribe or change subscription options, visit:
>>> http://lists.vwtype3.org/listinfo.cgi/type3-vwtype3.org
>>> If you need more help, contact: gregm at vwtype3.org
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> *******************************
>> Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
>> Madison, Wisconsin, USA
>> *******************************
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> VWType3.Org mailing list - type3 at vwtype3.org
>> To unsubscribe or change subscription options, visit:
>> http://lists.vwtype3.org/listinfo.cgi/type3-vwtype3.org
>> If you need more help, contact: gregm at vwtype3.org
>> 
> -------------- next part --------------
> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
> URL: <http://lists.vwtype3.org/pipermail/type3-vwtype3.org/attachments/20210914/a9c6f86d/attachment.html>
> _______________________________________________
> VWType3.Org mailing list - type3 at vwtype3.org
> To unsubscribe or change subscription options, visit:
> http://lists.vwtype3.org/listinfo.cgi/type3-vwtype3.org
> If you need more help, contact: gregm at vwtype3.org



More information about the type3-vwtype3.org mailing list