Wipers(again)

[mumof4]

What could cause the wipers to drag across the windscreen juddering all the way??

 

And also stopping on the odd occasion?i know scuttle drain...which bit of the car do i need to take off???is it the bit where the washers squirt out of?

[bigdaddy]

mo4 do a search the stopping i think is it siezing up,,,you need to strip it all out clean and grease the spindles it has been covered before

 

 

I found that when i replaced the blades the juddering stopped

[mumof4]

it has new blades on it....ok..so i need to strip it all down.is this all on the tis?

[bigdaddy]

I believe it would be on the TIS,,,,,,,,,,do a search i am sure there is pics of it on here

 

 

 

 

give me a couple of mins and i will look on TIS

[bigdaddy]

its in section 501.16

[mumof4]

cheers bigd.have saved sum posts to pc and will have a looksie on tis after skool run..chucking it down here and wipers not working properly...slow..juddery and have a mind of their own.

 

i work better with pics im afraid!! :lol: :(

[lazyb5]

Sorry to barge in mo4 but i just had the same and couldnt believe it would be ok with just new wipers. Thank goodness it is i just bought bosch aerofoil for

[gregers]

fleeced now you want to go and get them from fords now thats being fleeced@

[smoggy7]

hi mum of 4 you cant go wrong ive just redone mine and it took just over 2 hours as one spindle was seized solid, it makes the motor work twice as hard to get the wipers to go across the screen thats why its juddering, you take off the wiper nuts x2 then the long black plastic has clips under it they unclip from the holes then if you look carefully you will see a few 10 mil bolts under the next bit you have to get at all these once these are off then you should see 3 brass nuts that hold the wiper unit on take all 3 off unclip the wire connector and the whole unit will come out take to a bench if possible and carefully take off the c clip dont loose this bit as it holds the spindle in place pull spindle through clean with wire wool or wet and dry then regrease put back together , if spindle is seized solid hold in a vice and while spraying with wd40 pull back and forth to release it a little at a time until it comes loose enough to hit through be carefull when hittting the spindle , once this is all done then can be replaced and hopefully this should make a hell of a difference it did on mine i was helped here also with this and i agree with the guys and girls here it makes a difference if someone has done the work to help others out is great hope you get there all the best and thanks by the way for the words of comfort from you when i lost me mum thanks getting there slowly as of course i miss her terrible as you only get one mum she was the best thanks all

 

 

smoggy

[mumof4]

Hi smoggy..thanks for all that and im glad to hear that your are getting there.It will be a long road but the grief will get less as time goes by.

 

1...I dont have a vice.

2...what do i regrease with?

3...Take care hun.xx

[lazyb5]

Hi mo4 ,hi smog

i usually regrease things especially bearing surfaces with castrol lsm3 grease(think thats it) its a high melting point grease containing molybdenum it works great. Think i might do this as well at the weekend rather than wait for it to seize up cause i think my gaks the same years as yours mo4.

[Bigjeeze]

1...I dont have a vice.

2...what do i regrease with?

 

1... Not what it seems like to us on here! :( :o

 

2... Grease? <_>

 

Seriously - you need to ascertain if the blades or the spindles are at fault.

 

Why not try a little (iI mean littel) bit of washing up liquid on the screen with plenty of water - if that fixes it then it could be blades - If not then the chances are it's the spindles.

 

For now if you don't have the facilities then try carefully puting some WD40 or similar down the spindle shafts. Be careful not to get it on the glass. That might free them off somewhat. If they are sticking you will need to do something about it as if you leave it could end up with a burned out wiper motor and that ain't cheap!

[mumof4]

right..i think ive got to the bottom of the wipers (only think mind).

as you are sat in the car..the left blade is only half touching the windscreen..the bottom half of the blade is really dragging on the screen while the top half of it is not even touching the screen..there is about a 1-2 cm gap!.it looks like the arm itself is bent..it is straight..if you get what im saying.the right arm is fine.the whole wiper is touching the screen.

hmm....is the left supposed toi be like this or is it supposed to be flush???guess i know the answer to thaqt.

 

can the arm be bent back into place with out breaking it?or will i need to buy a new arm??the juddering is caused by the fact that the bottom half of the left blade is really being pushed against the screen..i think this may be why both arms are juddering because of the pressure on the one arm.

 

hmm..got me???lost myself i think!

 

the left arm is straight even though i think it should be curved!.

[Guest neil_wiles]

M

 

You need new blades thats all the way they are sat means the "joints" in the blade itself are seized and that will cause not only judder but total failure to clear the screen.

 

now if you lift the wipers off the screen and then operate the wipers do they move smoothly or is it only when the blades are touching the screen.

 

If they are smooth when lifted its certainly the blade, if judder occurs with the blades off the screen then its the swivel post siezed and not just the blade.

[mumof4]

Right...freel a prat now...the blade was not even fixed onto the arm properly..you know the hook bit on the arm where you clip the blade in????well the blade just keeps slipping out of that hook bit where the other blade is firmly fixed in place.

 

there is no noticable juddering when the blades are upright.

[bigdaddy]

I just binned 2 bags of clips last week,,,,,,,, :o

 

 

Think you can buy the clips seperate from the blades,,,,,,,,,,from halfords ;)

[mumof4]

umm.....clip??????? ;)

[mumof4]

Ahh..so the bit that keeps sliding out of the hook bit isnt supposed to??

[NikNak]

Try having a look at the wiper that works fine, and see how that is fitted...... then examine the wonky wiper, it's my bet that it's just not 'clipped' in place correctly. :)

 

Nick

[mumof4]

it wont clip in place..the other wiper does not move when wiggled..but this wiper just slides in and out of the hook so all you see is a hook!!if that black clip is supposed to stay in the hook then the clip is broke and i need a new one as today when it was raining the black thing slipped out of the metal hook.

[Scorpiorefugee]

Oh dear! :D

 

Will it never end? :D

 

It's beginning to look like a case of "Who sold you this then?"

 

At least you've got lots of help. :)

[mumof4]

Sigh....we bought it at andrews in lincoln...gave it a good looking over and we didnt see any probs with it...had it 3 years now and most of the probs started appearing about a year ago...just out of warrenty!!(as always).

 

 

Though i must say that our probs dont seem to be as bad as others...we dont have an indoor swimming pool or our own smoke machine!!most i think is cosmetic and little things..

well..any one hear of a mk2 bumper and front panel going, let me know. :)

[Zork]

Hi just a couple of points that may be of interest.

 

I've just stripped down my wiper linkeage. Spindle one took about half an hour to tap out using a hammer and WD40, the other took an hour and a half. They were seized almost solid and could barely be moved by hand, so patience is the key here. Apart from cleaning the spindle I cleaned the bushes with a piece of dowling in a cordless drill with wire wool wrapped around it, then used valve grinding paste on the spindle in the bush. It now spins around freely. The lubricant i used was 'copperslip' a non seizing 'thin' grease.

 

Make sure the nut ( or preferably a spare nut) is on the thread when you tap it out. You may also need something to knock the spindle through the bush once the thread has disappeared, something made of copper or ally will do. ( Smaller than the hole of course).

 

Don't x thread the nut before you hit it like I did and spent

[mumof4]

thanks for the info ,,wipers stopped today in the upright position.took em a while to get going again.

:rolleyes:

[bigdaddy]

mo4,,,,sorry, but it sounds u need to get them stripped and greased sooner than later