Mono Wiper System for E34 - The Unofficial BMW M5 Messageboard (m5board.com)

jcash · 15th August 2006, 06:06

I'am looking to do a Mono (single) wiper conversion to my 1995 E34 BMW. I have seen the old posts on how to do this conversion by "the dogger" on some of the BMW message boards and how he was going to offer for sale the parts needed to perform the mono wiper conversion. I have e-mailed "the dogger" at brewers@bigfootdesigns.com a couple of times but have not received any replies to my e-mails from him.
Has anyone out there had contact with "the dogger" pertaining to this single wiper conversion for the E34. or bought the parts needed for the conversion from him.
Has anyone out there actually done this conversion on their own with or without "the dogger" parts.
If someone out there can help me out with any contact information on this conversion it would be "Greatly Appreciated"
Thank You in Advance !
Jim C
jimcjcash@sbcglobal.net

SpecRaceM5 · 16th August 2006, 03:00

I talked with Brian *the Dogger* a while back when I first got my M5 about this, and stereo stuff amongst other things. Very nice guy. Havnt seen him post in quite some time now. His email is probably outdated. Basicaly what he did was pick up a used wiper unit from bavarian auto recycleing in northern california. They actualy gave him one since he knew them and was using for experimentation perpouses. It took a few tries, but he managed to figure out how to change a piece of linkage to allow the wiper to do a full swing and cover the entire windshield. He then removed the other wiper and had his mono wiper system for alot less then the ACS one. You could do it yourself, or take it to a machine shop and have them re fabricate the arm. It is one piece of linkage from what I remember talking to him about. It requires moving a whole and extending one side of the linkage a small amount. The big pain is removing the wiper unit from the car and re installing. If I happen to come accross the exact measurements or anything I will let you know. Good luck. And keep me posted as I want to do this as well for my car. If I find out how to do it I will post it here. There are others interested as well.

SpecRaceM5 · 16th August 2006, 03:06

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum...d.php?t=276317

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum...d.php?t=277888

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum...d.php?t=276495

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum...d.php?t=248439

SpecRaceM5 · 16th August 2006, 03:17

"I have recieved several PM for this. I think that it would be easier to just give the dimensions for the adjustment to the arm. The measurments came from an actual ACS DTM Linkage. What you will need to do is goto a BMW pick-n-pull and get an e34 wiper arm transmission. Take the driverside link arm off and find a good machine shop. What they will need to do is pop the press fit ball joint out from the top end( Passengerside) and lengthen it so the overall length of the new link is 15cm. Then make sure that when the Pivot ball back in it is the same distance from the end and the driver side pivot. Also remember to have the center point cut off just below the gearing and then polished. It is pretty simple. Should run about 1-1 1/2 hr labor for the job. The cost of $80 that I quoted was for a completely new machined link from scratch. So if you want to to this that is all it takes.

If you have any question please ask! I hope that I explained it well enough
PLEASE IF YOU DO DO THIS MOD BE CAREFUL WHEN ADJUSTING THE BLADE LEAVE YOU HOOD UP AND TEST THE POSITIONS.m IF YOU GET IT TO HIGH UP IT WILL HIT THE HOOD. BEST IS SO THE WIPER ARM IS AT 90 DEGREES TO THE HOOD. THEN MOVE THE WIPER MOTOR ARM TO RAISE IT A COUPLE OF DEGREES.THIS WILL ALLOW FOR EVEN COVERAGE ON BOTH SIDES.

OR YOU CAN ADJUST IT ON THE WIPER MOTOR TO SIT AT A 12 O'CLOCK POSITION LIKE SOME HAVE ASKED ABOUT."