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61 61... Adjusting left or right windscreen wiper

Correctly adjusting the contact angle of the wiper arms on the windscreen increases wiping quality. 

Fig 1: Identifying Contact Angle Between Wiper Blade Centre Plane And Windscreen
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A/B = Distance between windscreen 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 adjusting with special tool 61 6 100, set the scale value in accordance with the following table.

For RHD cars, change the preceding sign of the scale values.

SCALE VALUE REFERENCE CHART

Model Contact angle (C) on windscreen wiper arm Scale value (LHD) on special tool Adjustment dimension (A, B) on windscreen wiper arm
Passenger side Driver side Passenger side Driver side Passenger side Driver side Rear end
R50/R52/R53 87° ±1° 87° ±1° -3 -3 59 ± 2.5 mm 49 ± 2.5 mm 44 ± 3 mm
R55 87° ±1° 87° ±1° -3 -3 46 ± 2.5 mm 40 ± 2.5 mm 18 mm
R56 87° ± 1° 87° ± 1° -3 -3 46 ± 2.5 mm 40 ± 2.5 mm 38 mm