Windscreen Wiper Fixed!

RickRob

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 Ifold, West Sussex
My driver's side wiper stopped working. I was hoping that the securing nut had come loose, but no such luck.

I assumes that the ball had fallen out of the socket so I ordered some clips from the internet for the huge outlay of less than £4 including p&p.

It's a really simple job - it has to be otherwise I wouldn't have done it! Only took me 30 minutes, and 10 of them were working out which way up they went. :oops: The picture on the internet was of the whole assembly off the car and turned over. :x

Anyway, the purpose of this post is to say that you'd be bonkers to go to a garage to get this fix done. You could do it yourself in the time that it would take to drive to the garage! I cannot stress enough that I wield spanners with the same skill as a fish wields a golf club!
 
RickRob said:
My driver's side wiper stopped working. I was hoping that the securing nut had come loose, but no such luck.

I assumes that the ball had fallen out of the socket so I ordered some clips from the internet for the huge outlay of less than £4 including p&p.

It's a really simple job - it has to be otherwise I wouldn't have done it! Only took me 30 minutes, and 10 of them were working out which way up they went. :oops: The picture on the internet was of the whole assembly off the car and turned over. :x

Anyway, the purpose of this post is to say that you'd be bonkers to go to a garage to get this fix done. You could do it yourself in the time that it would take to drive to the garage! I cannot stress enough that I wield spanners with the same skill as a fish wields a golf club!
I too have done the exact same fix and can second his findings :thumbsup:
 
Well done Rick. :thumbsup:
Have you got a link to what you bought. For that price might get some for the spares box just in case.
 
Nice work. :thumbsup: Gotta watch those fish in the 19th. They might be poor golfers but they can handle there drink. :wink:
 
Grumpyowl said:
Well done Rick. :thumbsup:
Have you got a link to what you bought. For that price might get some for the spares box just in case.

Here you go:

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/i6-Automotive/Wiper-Linkage-Repair-/_i.html?_fsub=7693403012&_sid=78559332&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322
 
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