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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 

Fig 1: Identifying Contact Angle Between Wiper Blade Centre Plane And Windscreen
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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.

Model Contact angle (C) on windscreen wiper arm Scale value (LHD) on special tool Setting dimension (A, B) on windscreen wiper arm
Front passenger side Driver side Front passenger side Driver side Front passenger side Driver side  
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  
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