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AndersH

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Wiper fun
25. Sep 2007 at 13:57

I was driving in the rain yesterday and my wipers crossed each other and one got mangled!
I turned them on again with the blade of the driver's side taken off and the passenger one just kept going past where it should. I then pushed it back into place and now it sort of seems to work ok - although it is bashing against the bonnet. Does anyone know what could have happened and does it sound bad?
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Dazzler Omega Baron Offline Drive it like you stole it...... Posts: 4459 Sutton, Surrey Gender: Drives: AMG C32 estate	Re: Wiper fun Reply #1 - 25. Sep 2007 at 15:25 It sounds like the nut that holds the wiper arm on has come loose, so the wiper arm has now let go of its spline drive....
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Rebel1 Newbie Offline Posts: 15	Re: Wiper fun Reply #2 - 25. Sep 2007 at 15:33 Dazzler wrote on 25. Sep 2007 at 15:25: It sounds like the nut that holds the wiper arm on has come loose, so the wiper arm has now let go of its spline drive.... Yup...happened to me on a mk3 Cavalier. You'll probably need new wiper arms now, I'd be surprised if they haven't gotten bent.
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Markie Omega Lord Offline Posts: 7914 Lanarkshire, Scotland Gender: Drives: RS4, X5, Range Rover	Re: Wiper fun Reply #3 - 25. Sep 2007 at 15:44 its worth removing the plastic cover and tightening the nut ( if its still there) 13mm on your socket and re align them and see how they are, agree you may need new ones but its worth checking first.
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Andy B Over Active Poster Offline Posts: 21988 Bury Lancs Gender: Drives: 1999 3.0 Elite auto/TDM	Re: Wiper fun Reply #4 - 25. Sep 2007 at 18:39 If the wipers crossed over each other or touched it's not just the taper spline from the wiper motor that's come loose, that would just leave them both stranded on the screen somewhere - but still sycronised with each other. A link between the arms has failed somewhere.
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AndersH Intermediate Member Offline Posts: 270 Poole Gender: Drives: 2000 2.5 GLS	Re: Wiper fun Reply #5 - 25. Sep 2007 at 18:57 I have just replaced the damaged wiper and reseated both arms and all started ok, they then got out of sync and crossed over again - any ideas?
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AndersH Intermediate Member Offline Posts: 270 Poole Gender: Drives: 2000 2.5 GLS	Re: Wiper fun Reply #6 - 25. Sep 2007 at 19:02 Hi Andy, looking at the bars which attach the wipers to each other - all looks ok to the untrained eye. The top bar does rock forwards and backwards on ball joints over the bottom bar but it doesn't feel wrong... Running without wiper arms looks fine as far as I can tell...
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Dazzler Omega Baron Offline Drive it like you stole it...... Posts: 4459 Sutton, Surrey Gender: Drives: AMG C32 estate	Re: Wiper fun Reply #7 - 25. Sep 2007 at 19:17 You need to have a good look at the splines for the wipers to see if thet are damaged/worn and the wiper arms are slipping on them. THey may have been damaged when they first became loose.
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Andy B

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Re: Wiper fun
Reply #8 - 25. Sep 2007 at 22:54

AndersH wrote on 25. Sep 2007 at 19:02:

Hi Andy, looking at the bars which attach the wipers to each other - all looks ok to the untrained eye. The top bar does rock forwards and backwards on ball joints over the bottom bar but it doesn't feel wrong... Running without wiper arms looks fine as far as I can tell...

Take the whole lot out & have a proper look. If it's FUBAR'd just swap it all with one from the breakers.

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omegaman2 Omega Knight Offline cruise , tints, shinbuster,advanced drinking test Posts: 1097 Kilsyth, Glasgow G65 Gender: Drives: 2.2dti CD 2003 manual saloon	Re: Wiper fun Reply #9 - 26. Sep 2007 at 12:29 plastic socket on ball joint has worn at end of connecting rods causing it to go out of synk common gm fault
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