[Vwdiesel] busted windshield wipers

[Chris Jude]

Thanks everyone for the information.  I'll take a look at the wipers
tomorrow and see what I can find.  Not much fun to lose the wipers so early
in the morning!

Chris

On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Will Taygan <william at taygan.com> wrote:

> On mine the grooves that connect the motor post to the wiper were
> stripped.  It's an easy fix: Remove the wipers from their post (take off
> the nut).  Take a pick and clean out the grooves on the post.  create
> some new grooves in the female part of the wiper.  Good Luck!
>
> Will in Alaska.
>
> On Tue, 2011-11-29 at 18:34 -0500, Chris Jude 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 judey
> > 1985 VW Jetta diesel
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