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96 Jetta TD, wiper control arms "falling off"
My wipers are currently inoperable on my Jetta, and when I pop open the
hood and check, the arms appear to have fallen off the "crank" that connects to the wiper motor (which works fine). Re-connecting the arms just gets me another swipe or two before they fall off again. The arms are relatively cheap... around $16 apiece. But I'm wondering which is more likely to have worn down too much... the arms or the crank? Worst case, I buy the arms and they fall off too, whereupon I know my crank needs to be replaced (around $25 new). But does anyone have any experience with this problem? -- Brandon Hume - hume -> BOFH.Ca, http://WWW.BOFH.Ca/ |
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96 Jetta TD, wiper control arms "falling off"
PeterD > wrote:
> Are they not supposed to have a retaining clip? (I'm not sure about a > 96...) I've seen the clip break, fall off, and if you didn't know > you'd never realize it was missing! I don't remember a clip... I thought the arms just jammed on, but I've never had cause to notice. the parts guy at the local VW dealership had no idea, either. I really need to dig out my Hayes manual (moved recently...) -- Brandon Hume - hume -> BOFH.Ca, http://WWW.BOFH.Ca/ |
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96 Jetta TD, wiper control arms "falling off"
dave AKA vwdoc1 > wrote:
> I believe that on the 1996 Jetta, those linkage arms just pop onto the wiper > motor linkage and pivot linkages. Yeah, I finally took the time to pop the whole assembly out last night, and a close look shows no pin at all (and my arms are pretty worn down where they go around the crank). I'll probably grab a new pair of arms today. -- Brandon Hume - hume -> BOFH.Ca, http://WWW.BOFH.Ca/ |
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