61 61... Checking contact angle of windscreen wiper on left or right
Special tools required:
Correctly adjusting the contact angle of the wiper arms is crucial to determining wiping quality.
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° |
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 | |