61 61... Checking contact angle of windscreen wiper on left or right
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Special tools required:
Correctly adjusting the contact angle of the wiper arms is crucial to determining wiping quality. For adjustment, refer to the vehicle-specific repair instruction .
A/B Distance between wiper blade (2) and trim panel on cowl panel (1)
= Note: Measurement is taken at the height of the locators (3) for the windscreen wiper arms
C= Contact angle between wiper blade center plane and windscreen
When using special tool 61 6 100 , check the scale value according to the following table.
For RHD vehicles, change the preceding sign of the scale values.
- LHD vehicles, scale range 0 to -5
- RHD vehicles, scale range 0 to +5
| Model | Contact angle (C) on windscreen wiper arm | Scale value (LHD) on special tool | Setting dimension (A, B) on windscreen wiper arm | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passenger's side | Driver side | Passenger's side | Driver side | Passenger's side | Driver side | Rear end | |
| F01/F02/F03/F04 | 85.0 ° +3.0°-3.0° | 85.0 ° +3.0°- 3.0° | -5 +3, 0 -3, 0 | -5 +3, 0 - 3, 0 | 60±3 mm | 70 ±3 mm | |
| F07 | 85.0 ° +3.0°-3.0° | 85.0 ° +3.0°- 3.0° | -5 +3, 0 -3, 0 | -5 +3, 0 - 3, 0 | 67±3 mm | 80±3 mm | |
| F10/F11/F18 | 85.0 ° +3.0°-3.0° | 85.0 ° +3.0°- 3.0° | -5 +3, 0 -3, 0 | -5 +3, 0 - 3, 0 | 60±3 mm | 65 ±3 mm | 30 mm |
| F06/F12/F13 | 85.0 ° +3.0°-3.0° | 85.0 ° +3.0°- 3.0° | -5 +3, 0 -3, 0 | -5 +3, 0 - 3, 0 | 82±3 mm | 88±3 mm | |
| F15/F85 | 82, 7 ° +2.0°-2.0° | 82, 9 ° +2.0°- 2.0° | -7, 3 +2, 0 -2, 0 | -7, 1 +2, 0 - 2, 0 | 109±3 mm | 96±3 mm | 30 mm |
| F16/F86 | 84, 0 ° +2.0°-2.0° | 83, 9 ° +2.0°- 2.0° | -6 +2, 0 -2, 0 | -6, 1 +2, 0 - 2, 0 | 109±3 mm | 96±3 mm | |
| F25 | 84, 0 ° +2.0°-2.0° | 83, 9 ° +2.0°- 2.0° | -6 +2, 0 -2, 0 | -6, 1 +2, 0 - 2, 0 | 47 ±3 mm | 54 ±3 mm | 30 mm |
| F26 | 94, 1 ° +2.0° -2.0° | 94, 6 ° +2.0° -2.0° | -6 +2, 0 -2, 0 | -6, 1 +2, 0 -2, 0 | 47 ±3 mm | 54 ±3 mm | |