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[ukdave2002]

I'm about to fit the wiper motor and mechanism to the MGA, its being treated to a new cable and new cable tubes, any idea on what the recommended or preferred lubricant should be? ...I can't see a reference in the original workshop manual, and if I could there may be better products available today.

Dave

[Jim.Walker]

We always used Castrolease (general purpose grease). When we had a fleet of cars which had rack driven wipers. Never had any trouble and never seemed to need doing twice.
Jim.
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[exbmc]

Jim is spot on here. Whenever replacing worn out wiper racks or wheelboxes, often on cars only a couple of years old, we always just filled the wheelbox with grease and after cleaning the tubes with a tiny bottle brush, slid them over a greased rack/cable. I don't think there was much lubrication of any kind used at the factory.

[ukdave2002]

Thanks chaps, general purpose grease is what I shall use

Cheers

Dave

[MVPeters]

Dave is lucky to have found a new rack & tubes. For those less fortunate & re-using an old, worn mechanism - here's a 'tip'!

Only the top part of the rack & only the bottom part of the wheel-boxes wear because the wipers arc is less than 180 degrees. So mark them before dis-assembly, then turn the rack over & rotate the wheel-box gears 180 degrees on re-assembly. Voila - new rack & new gears!

Make sure the wheel-boxes spin freely, they get all gummy - & no kinks in the tubes. There are one or two racks that can't be flipped over, but most can.

Jim & exbmc are right - a little lubrication is all you need & I think a 'light' grease is preferable.
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