61 61 010 Checking contact angle of windscreen wiper arms on front windscreen

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NOTE: Precisely adjusting the contact angle of the wiper arms is crucial to determining wiping quality.

IMPORTANT: Wiper arms are only checked and not adjusted. See CHECKING DIMENSIONS .

Remove wiper blade (1) from wiper arm (2).

Journal (3) is the fixture point for special tool 61 6 100 (angle measuring device).

Fig 1: Identifying Wiper Blade, Wiper Arm And Journal

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Slide special tool 61 6 100 onto journal (1).

Place special tool 61 6 100 on windscreen (2) and read off value in degrees on scale.

NOTE: LHD vehicles are covered by the scale range of 0 to -5 and RHD vehicles by the scale range of 0 to +5.

Fig 2: Sliding Special Tool (61 6 100) Onto Journal

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