[Vwdiesel] busted windshield wipers

[Doyt W. Echelberger]

Hello Chris.....Several years ago the wipers on my 85 Jetta TD slowed down 
and finally froze, due to excessive friction in the sleeve-bearing in which 
the wiper shaft rotates. Saying it another way....If you take off the wiper 
arms you have to pull each of them off of a shaft. That shaft rides in a 
sleeve-bearing, which has lost all lubrication and is binding. It may even 
have corroded into immobility.

I dribbled some rust blaster around each shaft, tapped it gently a few 
times, wobbled the shaft about, and let it sit for a day.

When I started the car and tried the wipers again, they worked....not as 
fast as new, but they did sweep back and forth.

I dribbled some real sewing machine oil into the same locations and this 
speeded them up.

I guess they would respond even better to a longer-lasting lubricant, if I 
can find one.

Perhaps your wipers are suffering the same condition and will respond to 
the same protocols.

Have a good holiday.   Doyt
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At 06:34 PM 11/29/2011, you wrote:
>folks,
>
>this morning, on a dark and rainy morning, my wipers on my 85 VW jetta
>began to quit working.  First the passenger one quit moving, while the
>drivers side performed well.  Then the drivers side began to stop moving as
>well.  The wiper would catch occasionally,  but mostly would just jitter a
>couple centimeters either way.  When I got to work I took a quick look
>under the hood and the motor seemed to be functioning properly, and the
>rotating arm was moving.  Any ideas on where to look next, and if this is a
>common problem, what to do about it?
>
>thanks,
>chris jude
>1985 VW Jetta diesel
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