Wiper linkage help

[Jonny chill]

I had the typical problem that my drivers side wiper linkage broke on a Sunday night before a long commute on Monday. The ball and socket came off, we managed to bodge it so I could do the commute. I've been to SEAT and got the replacement but I was wondering if anyone had a how-to guide or any hints on how to change it? I've tried to change it myself and wasn't sure on how exactly to do it
Thanks for any help

 

[N1njaboy]

I had to do this not long ago, some care is needed when re-fitting the scuttle under the windscreen (I found this out the hard way lol). Basically remove wiper arms (13mm socket I think) then remove the rubber strip and scuttle. 3 bolts hold the wiper linkage and motor to the car (again 13mm I think), undo them and carefully remove linkage etc, disconnect electrics and it should come out, make sure you get the washers and spacers though. Once removed take a photo of the old linkage setup or mark where the old linkage was. There are another 3 bolts that hold the motor to the linkage, remove them swap over and refit in reverse order. Be REALLY careful when re fitting the scuttle though as it can be a pain to seat back in the groove properly and a cracked windscreen will result if too much force is used. A good clean out and a light smear of grease worked for me. Good luck.

 

[Jonny chill]

Thanks! If this is a common problem this should be in the FAQ's. I only needed to replace the drivers side (£15 not bad from the stealers!) and it was a relatively easy fix.

 

[nightflight]

bookmarked for future use. Girly's wiper links are looking a bit rusty so will no doubt break at some point

 

[slipery samon]

i know its a bit late now but ive had the same problem and the easy fix that costs you under a pound is just drill through the ball joint pin and socket and put a split pin in it works perfect for me no problems at all just be patient with drilling or could snapp a drill easly

 

[Chez]

Happened to me today, dual carriageway in the outside lane, wipers on and pouring down when suddenly...... Snap!
The drivers wiper arm was now lying across the windscreen pillar.
I managed to get stopped and bodge a repair with some wire to get home and plan to drill the ball out and replace with a bolt, although the splitpin idea seems good.

 

[allyboy]

Happened to me on the motorway in the pissin rain drill it and split pin it that's what I done too and it's been fine!

 

[leanski]

any photos of this?...mine isn't too bad as its the passenger side ball joint that has gone...split pin idea sounds ideal though. cheers!

 

[allyboy]

Sorry mate no pictures, I cut the the top of the link (plastic part) so that you could see the ball joint when the linkage is pushed into place. I drilled a hole through the accessible part and split pinned it. It's been fine ever since and that was 18 months ago

 

[Cupra137]

Happened to me when i was away with work, only thing I had was a bottle of loctite, and its still holding 4 months on!

 

[leanski]

haha!...not good!

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