Joseph Buttigieg
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After having had to live for years with a jammed tailgate handle, I decided to do something about it.
I opened the plastic cover and examined how it worked. The original spring was not rusted, still packed in grease but didn't work.
And suddenly....I saw the solution! Easy, simple and of high quality!
Cost me Euro 1,50, one hour work and now it's solved once and for all. This solution doesn't require dismantling the wiper motor etc., just a few things to do. Works like a dream.
You need:
1 tension spring
1 threaded screw M4x25
1 nut M4
1 nut M5
1 tube (steel, aluminium, brass, all will do as long as it's rigid) with inner diameter 4,5 mm (or more), 14 mm long.
1 small bracket (self made)
I piece of thick wire to bridge the distance between the spring and the fixing.
See pictures below. If anyone is intertested to apply this solution, just let me know and wil explain how to do it.
I opened the plastic cover and examined how it worked. The original spring was not rusted, still packed in grease but didn't work.
And suddenly....I saw the solution! Easy, simple and of high quality!
Cost me Euro 1,50, one hour work and now it's solved once and for all. This solution doesn't require dismantling the wiper motor etc., just a few things to do. Works like a dream.
You need:
1 tension spring
1 threaded screw M4x25
1 nut M4
1 nut M5
1 tube (steel, aluminium, brass, all will do as long as it's rigid) with inner diameter 4,5 mm (or more), 14 mm long.
1 small bracket (self made)
I piece of thick wire to bridge the distance between the spring and the fixing.
See pictures below. If anyone is intertested to apply this solution, just let me know and wil explain how to do it.
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