NinjaFlavour
Guest
Halfway down the motorway, at night, in the pouring rain and spray, this happened:
[there should be verticle splines running all the way up the tapered part, upto where the screw thread starts]
Meaning the drivers side windscreen wiper went nuts, got stuck under the other wiper and then wiped beyond the edge of the windscreen ultimately causing this:
[very lame scratched door pillar paint]
The rest of the motorway journey home was interesting with no wipers, and almost died on a few occasions.
As far as I can tell the splines on the wiper arm itself are ok, its the motor spindle thats stripped.
What I want to know is, is this easily repairable? Can I just replace the spindle or is it a full motor mechanism replacement? Any part numbers or supplies known?
I'm more annoyed about the scratched paint (the picture is even after I tried using a wax touch up stick) than the broken wiper.
[there should be verticle splines running all the way up the tapered part, upto where the screw thread starts]
Meaning the drivers side windscreen wiper went nuts, got stuck under the other wiper and then wiped beyond the edge of the windscreen ultimately causing this:
[very lame scratched door pillar paint]
The rest of the motorway journey home was interesting with no wipers, and almost died on a few occasions.
As far as I can tell the splines on the wiper arm itself are ok, its the motor spindle thats stripped.
What I want to know is, is this easily repairable? Can I just replace the spindle or is it a full motor mechanism replacement? Any part numbers or supplies known?
I'm more annoyed about the scratched paint (the picture is even after I tried using a wax touch up stick) than the broken wiper.