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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: Peel on 27 November 2007, 20:49

Title: Wiper woe
Post by: Peel on 27 November 2007, 20:49

Swapped the wiper arms for new ones a few weeks back. Driver's side been unreliable ever since and now not moving. Nut turns with a spanner on it but will will neither tighten nor loosen, which of course means I can't get it off.
Oh, and it's raining.
What do I do boys?
Thanks.

Title: Re: Wiper woe
Post by: Ben Lessani on 27 November 2007, 21:12

TIP #1...don't make the same mistake I did and shear the shaft 10mins before needing to travel 250miles in pouring rain

TIP #2...just shear the shaft, remove the two big 22mm nuts, drop the whole mech out, then pop the balljoint and the circlip retaining the shaft, and just replace it with a new one.

Title: Re: Wiper woe
Post by: rubjonny on 28 November 2007, 13:27

I had this, the reason is there are 2 shaft sizes on MK2s, the early shaft is smaller than the late one.  fit a late arm on an early shaft and you shear the stud and/or bugger up the threads like you just have!  The shaft size changed around 89ish, my 89 wiper arms wouldnt fit on my 90 spec GTI.

Title: Re: Wiper woe
Post by: Peel on 28 November 2007, 13:51

Quote from: rubjonny on 28 November 2007, 13:27

Fit a late arm on an early shaft and you shear the stud and/or bugger up the threads like you just have!  The shaft size changed around 89ish, my 89 wiper arms wouldnt fit on my 90 spec GTI.

That's what I've done then. Thanks.
I'll get some later shafts from GFS or similar and swap em over.

Title: Re: Wiper woe
Post by: VeeDubGTI16v on 28 November 2007, 14:44

is there any difference in the rear wiper arms?

Title: Re: Wiper woe
Post by: rubjonny on 28 November 2007, 15:16

nope afaik rears are the same.

Title: Re: Wiper woe
Post by: VeeDubGTI16v on 03 December 2007, 10:50

they are different! found out this weekend when replacing mine, my e reg has a smaller spline than the later golfs at the breakers

Title: Re: Wiper woe
Post by: rubjonny on 03 December 2007, 12:51

odd, my 89 with the small spline front wipers had the same sized spline at the back to my 90 gti!

Title: Re: Wiper woe
Post by: Mid_life_crisis on 03 December 2007, 20:58

well at least you can get your wiper to work had car for four weeks now and still not had wiper working i think the wiper stalk is broken cos if i push it backwards only the screen wash work :embarassed:

Title: Re: Wiper woe
Post by: VeeDubGTI16v on 03 December 2007, 21:31

have you checked the wires going through the tailgate, top left. they have a habit of breaking behind the grommet?

Title: Re: Wiper woe
Post by: Peel on 10 December 2007, 10:00

One sawn-off nut and a set of correct early Mk2 wiper arms from the scrappy later and we're back in business. Thank God for dads with hacksaws and big umbrellas....

Title: Re: Wiper woe
Post by: Horney on 10 December 2007, 10:05

Glad to hear it bud. I take it you took it for a good blast about afterwards?

Nick

Title: Re: Wiper woe
Post by: Peel on 10 December 2007, 10:15

Yes mate! Out for ages on a nice quiet route and had some fun trundling down the lanes behind a modded Mister Two.

Title: Re: Wiper woe
Post by: Horney on 10 December 2007, 10:17

Nice one, what's a Mister Two?

Nick

Title: Re: Wiper woe
Post by: Peel on 10 December 2007, 10:21

aka Toyota MR2!

Title: Re: Wiper woe
Post by: Horney on 10 December 2007, 10:25

Ah makes perfect sense, just too early for my brain!

Nick