New windscreen wipers
New windscreen wipers
Author
Discussion

morgala

Original Poster:

327 posts

277 months

Friday 30th April 2004
quotequote all
recently bought some windscreen wipers, is it easy to replace them yourself? i'm not talking about the blades but the actual wipers arms.

raceboy

13,890 posts

309 months

Friday 30th April 2004
quotequote all
As they are only held on with one nut and you don't even need to open the bonnet it's got to be about the easiest job you could ask for
Pull the plastic cover off.
Undo nut
Pull off old wiper (it maybe quite stiff)
New wiper arm will probably not have the splines in it, don't worry about this it cuts it's own on the spindle when you tighten it down, so make sure you've got it at the right angle
tighten nut
Refit plastic cover
Go out it the rain and see if they fly off/hit the bonnet or wing or actually touch the screen anything more than an inch wide strip down the middle

morgala

Original Poster:

327 posts

277 months

Friday 30th April 2004
quotequote all
cheers raceboy, the rain shouldn't be a problem there's plenty of it