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Car Forum / Porsche / Porshe 944 / January 2009

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rear wiper motor and worn-out arm

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bryan - 28 Jan 2009 16:01 GMT
my rear wiper arm grip is worn out.  the motor spindle grip looks ok.
seems that new wiper arms are NLA - anyone have a proven trick for how
to make them hold again (short of buying used)?

i'm thinking about trying to force a malleable shim between them, or
take a mold of the spindle teeth and transfer it somehow to the arm
hole - perhaps by finding a good machinist.

-bryan
Bill Noble - 29 Jan 2009 06:06 GMT
try an aluminum shim - out of soft aluminum - such as a soda can (side) or
beer can (thinner) - cut into a strip that goes once around the shaft, press
on the wiper arm and then take it back off.  clean the shim and the inside
of the arm, put a little good quality epoxy on the walls of the arm to hold
the shim in place and press it back on.  If you grease the knurled spindle,
the epoxy won't stick to it.

I think I have spare wiper arms, but not a rear one.  (there is a list of
parts from a rather beautiful car that suddenly became a parts car on my web
page, wbnoble.com)

> my rear wiper arm grip is worn out.  the motor spindle grip looks ok.
> seems that new wiper arms are NLA - anyone have a proven trick for how
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> -bryan
 
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