61 61... Adjusting left or right windscreen wiper
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Special tools required:
- 61 6 100
NOTE:
Correctly adjusting the contact angle of the wiper arms on the windscreen increases wiping quality. For adjustment, refer to WINDSCREEN WIPER ARM DIMENSION CHART .
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, 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
WINDSCREEN WIPER ARM DIMENSION CHART
| 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° - 1.0° |
85.5° +1.5° - 1.0° |
-5 | -5 | 47±3 mm | 54±3 mm | |
| E82 | 85.5° +1.5° - 1.0° |
85.5° +1.5° - 1.0° |
-5 | -5 | 47±3 mm | 54±3 mm | ||
| E87 | 85.5° +1.5° - 1.0° |
85.5° +1.5° - 1.0° |
-5 | -5 | 47±3 mm | 54±3 mm | ||
| E88 | 85.5° +1.5° - 1.0° |
85.5° +1.5° - 1.0° |
-5 | -5 | 47±3 mm | 54±3 mm | ||
| 3' | E46 | 85.7° ±1° | 85.3° ±1° | -4 | -5 | |||
| 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 | 60.1±1 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| E67 | 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 | |
| X | E53 | 85.0° ±1° | 85.0° ±1° | -5 | -5 | 54±3 mm | 55±3 mm | 32.5±2 mm |
| E70 | 85.6° ±1° |
85.0° ±1° | -4 | -5 | 103±3 mm | 90±3 mm | 39±2 mm | |
| E71 | 85.6° ±1° |
85.0° ±1° | -4 | -5 | 103±3 mm | 90±3 mm | ||
| E83 | 85.2° ±1° |
85.4° ±1° | -5 | -5 | 66±3 mm | 61±3 mm | 29±1 mm | |
| Z | E85/E89 | 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 | ||