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Can someone please tell me how to remove the wiper
arms from my `60 Saratoga? Without breaking anything, that is.
I notice the hex nut on the wiper arm at the shaft
only turns a quarter turn or so; I assume it's changing the angle of the pivot
clamp on the wiper shaft, but either way I turn it, the wiper arm doesn't want
to come off the shaft without a fight.
It seems that the previous owner removed one of the
wiper arms and put it back on wrong (wrongly. wronglier. what?). Now my wipers
don't seat right, and sometimes, when I'm serenely driving along, the wipers
cycle once in a last-ditch attempt to park... that tells me the previous owner
probably also did his magic on the park adjustment switch as well.
Quirks or no quirks, I love my Saratoga! I bought a
1957 Studebaker Silver Hawk about 2 weeks before buying the Saratoga, and even
though the Hawk is in new-car condition and the Saratoga is more like a mental
patient, I love driving my Chrysler more than I could have imagined. Hand in
glove.
The Saratoga was in the shop last week getting all
new brakes--new hoses, new cylinders (all 7), and new pads. A couple of the
drums are at their limit and are a little out-of-round, so the car shudders a
bit when braking. Nonetheless, I commented to a friend that it drives like a new
car--a new Chrysler, that is. My 1998 Chrysler (despite being 3 years old)
drives worse than my 41 year-old Saratoga!
Brion Kidder
Satisfaction, California
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