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Started by _BIGCAV_ , May 21 2010 10:14 AM

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#1 _BIGCAV_

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Posted 21 May 2010 - 10:14 AM

hi guys.

cavan here from rare spares, trying to find out some information, we are in the process of working on the hq-wb main wiper clip which is also the same clip as fitted to on the linkage to pivot point on lh lx toranas.

we are hoping someone here might have a specific photo or even a sample for us, i have a few different clips here in my office at the moment but we are unsure as to which one is the actual clip we need to remanufacture.

iv attached a photo to give you an idea which one we are talking about, these 3 clips according to the catalogue should be the same clip, i realise they look different in teh picture for some reason but the part numbers are all the same.

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#2 Heath

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Posted 21 May 2010 - 12:16 PM

I don't recall ever removing those clips and putting them back on successfully, but back when I was 15 I may have been a bit careless.

Anyway I have an LH/LX/UC wiper assembly or two lying around. You're welcome to grab them and use them as some kind of reference, and pull them apart as long as you put them back together.

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#3 _The Baron_

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Posted 21 May 2010 - 02:38 PM

I don't recall ever removing those clips and putting them back on successfully, but back when I was 15 I may have been a bit careless.

Anyway I have an LH/LX/UC wiper assembly or two lying around. You're welcome to grab them and use them as some kind of reference, and pull them apart as long as you put them back together.

Also of interest (may be? others to comment) is the brass bush that flog out in the ends of the links and is why they clunk and flop about. From memory they sort of screw in as two parts.

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Posted 21 May 2010 - 07:35 PM

Hi Cavan

These look like the wiper linkage clips you're referring to but I don't know their Part No.

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#5 _l31m21vd69_

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Posted 21 May 2010 - 09:05 PM

mybe sstorana can bring some with him for the peace talks

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#6 _BIGCAV_

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Posted 21 May 2010 - 10:42 PM

Hi Cavan

These look like the wiper linkage clips you're referring to but I don't know their Part No.

Cheers
Dave

hey, yeah they do look similar in styling to the ones i have at work but doesnt look 100% the same, in saying that im not sure the ones i have are even correct hence why i posted this thread

are they off your car? they look too new by the pics is all

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Posted 22 May 2010 - 12:48 AM

Hi Cavan

These look like the wiper linkage clips you're referring to but I don't know their Part No.

Cheers
Dave

hey, yeah they do look similar in styling to the ones i have at work but doesnt look 100% the same, in saying that im not sure the ones i have are even correct hence why i posted this thread

are they off your car? they look too new by the pics is all

cav

Hi Cavan
I'm thinking they were left over from my brothers HX sedan rebuild back in 1985. They are brand new never used.
Courtesy of Classic Holden Spares.
Maybe Heath could have a look and see if his wiper assy's have any clips and if they look the same.

Cheers
Dave

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Posted 22 May 2010 - 09:23 PM

I'll try and do something about it tomorrow.

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#9 _Quagmire_

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Posted 22 May 2010 - 11:06 PM

if you send me new ones i can rip em off the stato project
they look very simalar to the ones i put back on from memory

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Posted 22 May 2010 - 11:47 PM

if you send me new ones i can rip em off the stato project
they look very simalar to the ones i put back on from memory

Nice try Al

If new wiper link clips are as rare as rocking horse poo then I'm not parting with them that easily.

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#11 _Quagmire_

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Posted 23 May 2010 - 02:15 AM

lol sorry dave was acually talking to big cav when i said that
as if i understand right he is looking for samples? Posted Image

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Posted 23 May 2010 - 08:35 AM

lol sorry dave was acually talking to big cav when i said that
as if i understand right he is looking for samples?

Oops! sorry Al. :fool:

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#13 _BATHURST-32D_

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Posted 23 May 2010 - 09:22 AM

mate there is only one clip that really needs making and that is the lc/lj brake line clip that mounts the line under the left side of the body, thay always brake and you cant seem to buy them anywhere.

cheers gong

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#14 _2ELCS_

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Posted 23 May 2010 - 01:02 PM

Is any body re making accelerator and door linkage clips???

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Posted 23 May 2010 - 01:57 PM

Mate the door linkage clips can be replaced with sheet plastic (such as ice-cream tub material) cut into small squares. One small square with a small hole punched in it for each rod end with the little mushroom end on it.

But if you don't want to do that, there are heaps of original ones available from cars at wreckers etc. I don't think they need to be reproduced.

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#16 _luv the uc_

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Posted 23 May 2010 - 07:23 PM

I am yet to find a stockest but check out the Spectrum Rubber catalogue.

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#17 _2ELCS_

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Posted 23 May 2010 - 10:14 PM

Thanks Steve i will have a look there..

Heath I really don,t care what you think

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#18 _luv the uc_

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Posted 23 May 2010 - 10:26 PM

Thanks Steve i will have a look there..

If you dont do any good let me know, I am sure I would have some here.
Sorry for the thread steal.

mate there is only one clip that really needs making and that is the lc/lj brake line clip that mounts the line under the left side of the body, thay always brake and you cant seem to buy them anywhere.

cheers gong

I think I could supply a sample of these if required, Gong could you email a pic so I can confirm what I have is the one your talking about.

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#19 _BATHURST-32D_

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Posted 24 May 2010 - 06:20 AM

steve, its the ones across from the fuel line holders under the car, looks the same just small in the cup.

cheers gong

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#20 _BIGCAV_

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Posted 24 May 2010 - 09:12 AM

@ bathurst-32d, are these clip push in style with a u shaped holder for the cable? do u have a photo?

Edited by BIGCAV, 24 May 2010 - 09:13 AM.

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Posted 25 May 2010 - 11:16 AM

Heath I really don,t care what you think

If someone specifically offers me advice that they believe I will find useful, even if I don't like it (for ANY reason), I at least have the decency to respond to them in a friendly, reasonable matter and say "thanks, but i'd prefer to not follow that advice for x reason". I don't understand what made you feel compelled to be such a tosser then.

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#22 Heath

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Posted 25 May 2010 - 11:54 AM

Maybe Heath could have a look and see if his wiper assy's have any clips and if they look the same.

Rightio, there are three or four clips of this style on the system, then there is a short arm that hangs off the back of the wiper motor, that arm is attached to the motor spindle with a nut, but I'm not sure how that arm connects to the other linkage i.e. what type of clip is used there, the only system I have that is fully assembled is the one that's in my car and I can't easily use that as a reference

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#23 _BIGCAV_

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Posted 25 May 2010 - 05:11 PM

heath, your a bloody legend. same to everyone else who helped out.
s pack, look like you had the right one also

iv got 1 and one only of those clips out of the 10 on my desk, hopefully now thats resolved we can get them going again, if anyone had any spare that they didnt mind loaning/selling etc it would be greatly appreciated.

again thanks guys, especially heath. top work

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#24 Heath

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Posted 25 May 2010 - 09:26 PM

No worries.

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#25 _2ELCS_

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Posted 25 May 2010 - 11:53 PM

I thought i asked a perfectly reasonable question regarding the re making of certain clips,I didn,t ask if you reckon they should be or not..

So in your eyes that makes me a tosser????