Wiper Spindle Maintenance

[Guest connor]

Wipers ground to a halt on the way to work today, I got the mechanism out and eventually managed to get the drivers side spindle out and greased. The question I have is how do I seperate the nearside/passenger spindle from the wiper mechanism. Someone suggested removing the balljoint, but it isn't obvious to me how this is done - the balljoint is flush with the mechanism arm. Do I just force the balljoint apart at the bottom of the mechanism and hammer it back together to reassemble?

[GSMGuy]

Take the whole mechanism out, including the motor - it's only held on by three bols after you remove the undertray (three bolts again)

 

Then you can easily strip and grease it - A warning though - make sure you support the mounting luggs, as they are prone to snapping!

 

Mike

[Guest connor]

GSMGuy,

I got the mechanism out ok and got the drivers spindle out after about 2 hours! It was obvious that i could just unscrew the base of the drivers spindle from the mechanism but it isn't obvious to me how I detach the passenger side spindle from the mechanism. The base of the spindle holds the base of the balljoint, but I can't see how you detach this spindle.