Re: Wiper problems - need advice

["Lee Folkman" <general_lee_f@hotmail.com>]

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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