stripped wiper shafts and solutions?

[davidwinchell2 at sprynet.com (David L Winchell, II)]

Phil,

When I bought my 87 I had the same problem. Being a cheap ass I tried the
easy way out and used an exacto knife to score the top of the shaft where
the knurling or ribbing used to be.  I also did the same to the inside of
the wiper arm.  I made little slits from the center outward. Worked fine.  I
later installed a mono wiper that had the same issue and repeated this
procedure on it.  I have had the mono wiper on for almost three years with
out one incident.  Cheap ass way, but it worked.

HTH,

Dave

David Winchell, II
87 2.0L 16V Scirocco
84 Scirocco BBS
80 Scirocco S
00 Silverado
04 .:R32

-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Boeye [mailto:rocco_phil@yahoo.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 12:04 AM
To: David Utley; Scirocco List
Subject: Re: stripped wiper shafts and solutions?



--- David Utley <fahrvergnugen@cox.net> wrote:
> Take off the nut, take off the arm, clean off the
> metal from the arm on 
> the pivot axle with a pick so's you can see the
> knurling, reinstall, and 
> put another washer under the nut.  Voila, fixED...

No man, I mean the stud on the shaft and the wiper
bushing itself are as smooth as a baby's ass, as my
father would put it.  Ain't no more knurling to be
found *anywhere*.

S'ok - I am just gonna grab something off an old A2 in
my local yard.  I believe it's all the same stuff.



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