Windscreen wiper wheel box and cable rack tube (page 2 of 2)
- Make
- Mini
- Model
- Mini Workshop Manual
- Year
- 1996–2000
- Section
- Repairs
Wipers & washersWindscreen wiper wheel box and cable rack tube · page 2 of 2
- Release engine management relay module from mounting bracket and position aside.
- Release wheel boxes from body.
- Rotate wheel box and cable rack tube assembly and remove from vehicle.
- Collect 2 rubber spacers.
- Loosen nuts securing wiper wheel boxes to cable rack tube.
- Remove wiper wheel boxes.
Refit
- Lubricate wheel box gears and spindles.
- Fit wheel boxes to cable rack tube but do not tighten securing nuts.
- Fit rubber spacers to wheel box spindles.
- Position wheel box and cable rack tube assembly to body.
- Fit rubber spacers to wheel box spindles, fit nuts and tighten to 10 Nm.
- Secure engine management relay module to mounting bracket.
- Fit wiper motor. See this section.
- Operate wiper motor and check that wipers move smoothly across screen.
- Tighten nuts securing wheel boxes to cable rack tube.
- Connect washer tube to washer jets.
- Fit air cleaner. See ENGINE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - MEMS, Repairs.
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