Seized Windscreen Wipers

[Torred1771]

As the title suggests, my windscreen wipers are seized. After getting the car back on the road after a few months, the only problem is the windscreen wipers! They have seized, they will go VERY VERY VERY slowly but they eventually just STOP mid-wipe! I have sprayed WD-40 on the spindles, tried helping push them along manually to see if they will free up, even taken them off the spindles and sprayed WD-40 down in them to see if that helps, the spindles on their own do not even move.

Help! Need to get the car going as soon as possible because my fella is going to be driving it and at the moment its sat with no windscreen wipers on it, AND my fabia rear wiper snapped so Im on the market for a new one of those!!!

 

[seantdi]

wiper linkages are pron to seizing on these. you can take them apart, sand them down, grease them and put them back together. i dont think they are very expencive new do

 

[Torred1771]

Ill have to look into that thanks

 

[offitmassive]

If i were you, id buy a new linkage as they have been modified , the new ones have a seal to stop the water getting into the mechanism and seizing, you may do what has been said, but you could well be back where you are now.

 

[truCido]

about £25-£30 from a breakers will get you a whole new (well used) linkage and motor

 

[Alexis27]

Sounds like the motor rather than the linkages.

 

[rk696]

Nope, it's defo the linkage. I had the same probelm on my octavia.

You need to strip them down and re-grease the spindles. That sorted it for me.

 

[Torred1771]

Ive got a price from the stealership that I work at which is a SEAT garage, my cost for a new linkage fully fitted is £109.85. That seems a bit steep to me, ive found a part on ebay that has a motor with it for £40 including postage, just finding someone who can change it for me is the problem.

 

[seantdi]

its very easy to fit them. two nuts holding on the wiper arms, lift them off. then the rubber seal and the plastic scuttle pannel. 3 bolts holding in the linkage and motor. remove them and lift out the linkage. unplug the loom from the back of the motor. thats it out.

 

[BBoy82]

If your interested, theres a how to guide on audisrs.com... I'll dig it out for you.

Its for a B5 platform audi S4, but the theory is the same.

 

[BBoy82]

Here you go fella:

http://www.audiworld.com/tech/misc44.shtml

 

[Torred1771]

Thanks Ill have a look!