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Adjusting Left or Right Windscreen Wiper




61 61 ... - Adjusting left or right windscreen wiper





Special tools required:
- 61 6 100 61 6 100 Angle Measuring Instrument
Correctly adjusting the contact angle of the wiper arms on the windscreen increases wiping quality. For adjustment, refer to the vehicle-specific repair instruction.





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 61 6 100 Angle Measuring Instrument, set the scale value in accordance with the following table.

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

- LHD cars, scale range 0 to -10

- RHD cars, scale range 0 to +10