Stripped wiper splines

[lear]

Is there an easy solution? Took the wiper arm off and it is worn smooth with the splines on the wiper spindle now mere lines in the metal. Seems a pain to get to the gear under the dash; is there a way to attach a new arm? Many thanks

[blaineuk]

drill a small hole in the arm and spindle, then put a self taper in in.

[Adrian@]

Could you double check that...the norm would be that the soft alloy of the wiper arm will of filled the grooves of the splines and that with the aid of a Stanley knife the splines can be found under the surface of what appears to be smooth material (once clean the wiper can be replaced on the taper).
Adrian@

[grahamw48]

I seem to remember hammering panel pins into my Moggy thou ones to take up the slack, when I were a youth.

[lear]

Just had another look and a go with the stanley knife. They're definitely worn smooth unfortunately. Drill and a self-tapper or maybe a split pin sounds like a possibility - together with some Rain-x!

[pwd95]

Had this on one of the Wedges, can't remember which one. I just tightened the nut a lot harder & it worked fine thereafter. Not a lot of resistance to the turn so to speak.

[lear]

Came up with a more novel albeit unintended solution. Drilling the hole straight through the arm and the spindle, just as it got through the spindle the drill bit snapped connecting the two. Will re-do 'properly' but it is holding for now!

[grahamw48]

Hahaha ! love it.

[Solitude]

lear said:

Came up with a more novel albeit unintended solution. Drilling the hole straight through the arm and the spindle, just as it got through the spindle the drill bit snapped connecting the two. Will re-do 'properly' but it is holding for now!

Ha ha, proper bodge job !!

Gotta love it