991.1 Wiper dragging on driver’s side

[le_gazman]

It’s been doing it since I bought the car from an OPC in London 18months ago. I’ve changed the wiper blades which didn’t fix it, then changed both the windscreen and the blades again but it still sounds bloody horrendous every time I use the wipers even in torrential rain.

I wonder if it was maybe vandalised while the previous owner had it. I have noticed that the wiper arm itself does have a substantial twist in it, visible in the left hand quarter of the picture. Not sure if this is normal.

Anyone else had anything like this before??

[Beaver991GTS]

Unless you can straighten the arm you’ll need a new one, I’d imagine the blade to windscreen angle means the blade is being pushed across the glass rather than pulled.

[le_gazman]

It’s more like it’s being rammed into the glass rather than across it. I bought the car from a London OPC, which is 400 miles away on trust that it’d be Porsche approved and therefor not a worry.

This is the 4th or 5th fairly big issue I’ve had that they seem to have missed. Lesson learned…

[Fnumber1user]

Replace it, that's FUBAR.

[le_gazman]

New wiper arm fixed this. The other one had more or less all the same twists but clearly it had one too many somewhere, as the new arm glides the wiper over beautifully.

Suspect it’s been vandalised before I got it as the nut cap for both arms were missing, so someone had clearly had the arms off before.

Another warning to check everything on a Porsche even when it comes from an OPC. Mine had a scored windscreen, bent wiper arm, poor wheel alignment and various defects to the paint.

The diamond cut wheels (never again) also began to corrode after a few months as they’d clearly been refurbished prior to sale.

Most of this was only noticeable once I’d made the 400 mile trip home.