Re: Wiper problems - need advice

["David & Michelle Barwick" <dbarwick@sprynet.com>]

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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