Thread: RPU wiper shenanigans---

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Hi Brian,
I am bookmarking this page for detailed study. I am at the point of installing my header bow on foldable 2" chopped top irons (beautiful stainless!) and find that the Speedway wiper shaft (the same as yours) is too short to go through the wood all the way so I will need to carve out the space without weakening the bow very much. I do not see any hinges on your top bows so I guess your top is sort of a removable Carson top? On my folding bows if I mount the wiper motor to the wood it will have to fold back with the top and then what happens to the blade? I will attach some pictures in the next post but I am writing before I go to a half day job. I called Speedway and they said some roadster owners allow the motor to be mounted in the wood bow and then fold back with the top assuming wires are added to the top bows to go with the bow. I realize a lot of roadsters simply skip the wiper but I also need a wiper for inspection so I would like to see some more pictures of any other solution to this problem. One local rodder told me there is a wiper motor available somewhere with a longer shaft but I like the way you hid the wiper shaft under the bow edge; beautiful work as usual for you!

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder