200 TQW wipers

[james accordino]

--- "Cobram ." <cobram at juno.com> wrote:
> "Lawson, Dave" <dlawson at ball.com>
> 
> >its normal park position, to gradually moving
> across the >windshield.
> 
> Went through the exact same thing in my 1990Avant. 
> Tried the usual,
> repositioning the blades-this only made them jump up
> when shut off, even
> pulled the unit out and tried to re-align stops in
> motor, no use.  Change
> the whole wiper assembly solved the problem.
> 
> The GOOD news is that, although they look very
> different, the assembly from
> the early type 44's fits perfectly in the later type
> 44's (tubular design
> like yours).  I had one I pulled from a junker 1985
> 5KS and it works just
> fine.
> 
> BCNU,

BTDTx2.  New wiper motor did it both times.  I also
pull clean used ones for a few bucks apiece.  Many
vehicles in the VAG line share the "motor", the arms
are different.

Jim Accordino