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61 61 01. Adjusting left or right windscreen wiper

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Special tools required: 

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

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

For adjustment, refer to the vehicle-specific repair instruction.

Adjusting dimensions of wiper arms: 

A/B = Distance between windscreen wiper blade and trim panel on cowl panel (1)

NOTE: Measurement is taken at the height of the locators for the windscreen wiper arms

C= Contact angle between wiper blade centre plane and windscreen

When adjusting with special tool 61 6 100, set the scale value in accordance with the following table.

Fig 1: Identifying Windscreen Wiper Blade, Locators And Cowl Panel
G04727660Courtesy of BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, INC.

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

NOTE: Use the scale range of 0 to -10 for LHD cars and 0 to +10 for RHD cars.
WINDSCREEN WIPER ARM SPECIFICATION

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
1' E81 85.5° +1.5 to 1.0° 85.0° +1.5 to 1.0° -5 -5 47 ± 3 mm 54 ± 3 mm  
E82 85.5° +1.5 to 1.0° 85.5° +1.5 to 1.0° -5 -5 47 ± 3 mm 54 ± 3 mm  
E87 85.0° +1.5 to 1° 85.0° +1.5 to 1° -5 -5 47 ± 3 mm 54 ± 3 mm  
3' E46 85.7° ±1° 85.3° ±1° -4 -5      
E83 85.2° ±1° 85.4° ±1° -5 -5 66 ± 3 mm 61 ± 3 mm 29 ± 1 mm
E90 86.7° ±1° 86.0° ±1° -3 -4 88 ± 3 mm 95 ± 3 mm  
E91 86.7° ±1° 86.0° ±1° -3 -4 88 ± 3 mm 95 ± 3 mm 35 ± 3 mm
E92 86.7° ±1° 86.0° ±1° -3 -4 75 ± 3 mm 84 ± 3 mm  
E93 86.7° ±1° 86.0° ±1° -3 -4 75 ± 3 mm 84 ± 3 mm  
5'
 
E39 86.5° ±1° 86.5° ±1° -4 -4   70 ± 2 mm 70 ± 2 mm
E53 86.0° ±1° 85.5° ±1° -4 -4 55 ± 3 mm 61 ± 3 mm 32.5 ± 2 mm
E60 86.0° ±1° 86.0° ±1° -4 -4 69 ± 3 mm 87 ± 3 mm  
E61 86.0° ±1° 86.0° ±1° -4 -4 69 ± 3 mm 87 ± 3 mm 30 ± 3 mm
E70 85.6° ±1° 85.0° ±1° -4 -5 103 ± 3 mm 90 ± 3 mm 39 ± 3 mm
 
6' E63 86.0° ±1° 86.0° ±1° -4 -4 69 ± 3 mm 87 ± 3 mm  
E64 86.0° ±1° 86.0° ±1° -4 -4 69 ± 3 mm 87 ± 3 mm  
7' E38 87.0° ±1° 87.0° ±1° -3 -3 65 ± 3 mm 58 ± 3 mm  
E65 85.5° ±1° 87.0° ±1° - - 20 ± 3 mm 48 ± 3 mm  
E66 85.5° ± 1° 87.0° ±1° - - 20 ± 3 mm 48 ± 3 mm  
8 E52 85.5° ± 1° 85.5° ± 1° -4 -4 38 ± 2 mm 104 ± 2 mm  
Z' E85 85.5° ± 1° 85.5° ± 1° -4 -4 57 ± 2 mm 52 ± 2 mm  
E86 85.5° ± 1° 85.5° ± 1° -4 -4 57 ± 2 mm 52 ± 2 mm