windshield wipers

[kuhndg]

Hi everyone! I am new to the site and apologize for not posting pictures of my cars. I have two 1980 FI Spyders. One of them 97% restored, the other is a driver. Neither one has functional wipers. I took apart one of them to find the wiper mech was frozen solid. I have been soaking all the moveable parts in gear oil, and trying to work the parts back and forth to break them free without much luck. Any ideas? I am pretty fired up about this site as I read trough these forums they are very helpfull!

Thanks

Bob

[So Cal Mark]

when I've had linkages that are really frozen I've had to knock them apart, soaking just wouldn't remove the corrosion

[Tappy]

as posted somewhere else : maybey toilet bowl cleaner would help ?

[baltobernie]

Bob, good luck getting them freed up. They are frightfully expensive to buy from the usual vendors. If you can't get them to work, drop me a line. I have a salvage source for them.

[mbouse]

before you opt to use what little spare parts we have left, giver a go with this procedure:

http://flumichigan.italiancarclub.com/T ... erArms.pdf

[kuhndg]

Thanks for the advise everone. I tried the toilet bowl cleaner with no luck. Sure did clean up the parts nicly although! I actually used the last method before I read the last post. The map gas and oil meathod work well. Thanks for all of your ideas. Bob