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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. 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

Fig 1: Adjusting Contact Angle Of Wiper Arms On Windscreen
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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
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° 84, 5 ° +2.0°- 2.0° -6 +2, 0 -2, 0 -6, 1 +2, 0 - 2, 0 66±3 mm 69±3 mm 30 mm  
F26 84, 0 ° +2.0°-2.0° 84, 5 ° +2.0°- 2.0° -6 +2, 0 -2, 0 -6, 1 +2, 0 - 2, 0 66±3 mm 69±3 mm