Re: 1990 Audi 100 Window Wiper Problem

[DeWitt Harrison <de@aztek-eng.com>]

On Wed, 07 Jan 1998 22:35:49 -0500, Todd Joseph wrote:
>[ ... ]  I've got a 1990 100 with a strange Windshield wiper problem.
>When I turn the wipers on, the function perfectly.  When I turn them
>off, they always want to stop in the middle of the windshield
>[ ... ]
>I tried moving them by hand with the wipers off.  Pushing them down
>towards their normal idle position does not move them at all.  Pushing
>them the other direction to complete the "wipe" canuses them to get
>brought all the way back down and pushed back to the middle of the
>windshield to rest again.

Methinks the wiper motor has either come partially unbolted, allowing
it to rotate in its mount, or has gone south altogether. The electrical
rest position function is internal to the motor.

DeWitt Harrison    de@aztek-eng.com
Boulder, CO
88 5kcstq