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Offline ABOO

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Rear aero wiper help please???
« on: 16 January 2009, 15:11 »
Just fitted my new rear wiper motor. All straight forward, works a dream :wink:

Came then to attatch rear aero wiper. Tightened nut, tried clipping on old nut cover from original wiper and it doesn't fit or anywhere near :embarassed:

Should new mk 5 arm have come with a smaller cap to cover nut? If so I didn't get one. Can it bought on its own, or does it only come with arm.

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Offline Rhyso

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Re: Rear aero wiper help please???
« Reply #1 on: 16 January 2009, 15:37 »
should have come with a new cap mate

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Re: Rear aero wiper help please???
« Reply #2 on: 16 January 2009, 16:18 »
should have come with a new cap mate

Thought that would've been the case Rhyso. Will have to check rubbish I threw, but pretty sure there wasn't one :cry:
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Re: Rear aero wiper help please???
« Reply #3 on: 20 January 2009, 00:14 »
Got mine from VW today....


wiper arm - 6Q6955707 C
wiper blade - 6Q6 955 425 A

No cap with them
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Re: Rear aero wiper help please???
« Reply #4 on: 20 January 2009, 08:21 »
hmm

ah just remembered that sometimes you have to shave about 1mm off the bottom of your old cap to enable it to fit without touching the glass

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Re: Rear aero wiper help please???
« Reply #5 on: 20 January 2009, 08:34 »
No the new cap that comes with the aero wiper is completely different fitting to the old original one- I know because I tried to modify the original, one as its slightly smaller-so would look better, with little success.  You definitely need the new wider cap to fit over the end of the wiper arm.

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Re: Rear aero wiper help please???
« Reply #6 on: 20 January 2009, 08:35 »
...and yes you still need to shave down 2-3mm from the new cap.  I got mine from VW speed btw, not sure if the kits are all the same though.

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Re: Rear aero wiper help please???
« Reply #7 on: 20 January 2009, 08:40 »
...and yes you still need to shave down 2-3mm from the new cap.  I got mine from VW speed btw, not sure if the kits are all the same though.

hmm i didn't though quite a few people did have to shave it down  :undecided:

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Re: Rear aero wiper help please???
« Reply #8 on: 20 January 2009, 10:25 »
I've not shaved any off my cap, however it dose sound like it scrapes the screen when its on.  :rolleyes:

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Re: Rear aero wiper help please???
« Reply #9 on: 20 January 2009, 10:47 »
I havent shved my cap either......no problems from me???