Re: Wiper problems - need advice

["Jason Arms" <redbug64@hotmail.com>]

Lee,

just pop the little round cap off and tighten the bolt, 13mm i think.

Jason Arms

'87 Scirocco 16v (hibernating)
'64 Sunroof Beetle (livin a new life)(hibernating)
'84 Rabbit GTI
'84 Jetta GLI (the skimobile)

>From: "Lee Folkman" <general_lee_f@hotmail.com>
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: Wiper problems - need advice
>Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 14:00:58 PST
>
>On kinda the same note.  My rear wiper quit on me for no reason.  It 
>worked,
>now it doesn't.  It makes noises, and squirts wiper fluid out, but the arm
>doesn't move.  Is it a worn-out motor?  Stripped?
>TIA!
>
>Lee Folkman
>'84 Wolfsburg Scirocco 8v
>'82 Jetta Diesel(225,000+ and can still get 50mpg)
>
>>From: "David & Michelle Barwick" <dbarwick@sprynet.com>
>>To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>>Subject: Re: Wiper problems - need advice
>>Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 07:56:33 -0800
>>
>>
>>On Wed, 12 Jan 2000 18:52:25 EST Vaughn8v@aol.com writes:
>> > Okay, so we just got the year's first snowfall here.  And my
>> > girlfriend goes out and hops into the Scirocco
>>   So now, only the passenger side wiper wipes and the driver's side acts
>>like it wants to and sometimes it will come up halfway before falling back
>>down.  Do I need to replace that wiper arm shaft?  Has anyone done this?
>>Do
>>I need to rip out the whole linkage frame assembly?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> > Ben
>>
>>Not to beat a dead horse, the shaft is a harder substance than the arm 
>>from
>>the wiper.  Cleaning it does work.  For us NW boys, you might want to play
>>it safe and replace the arm.  This same thing happened to me (with the
>>exception of the snow incident!).  I cleaned the splines and tightened the
>>arm down hard.  Then one night about 3 miles away from the nearest exit on
>>I-5S past Corvallis a wind gust from a semi blew the arm so hard that it
>>completely stripped out the arm rest of the way.  You be the judge.
>>
>> >Is it wrecking yard material?
>>It sounds like a candidate for a turbo to make up for the lost time and
>>money on this wiper arm!
>>
>>David Barwick
>>Black '88 Scirocco
>>Anthracite '84 GLI
>>Eugene, OR
>>
>>
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