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  • 220bhp
    S2Forum Fiend
    • Nov 2004
    • 2578
    • Home: United Kingdom

    #1

    Wipers stop mid screen

    My wipers have suddenly chosen to stop mid screen. The blades , and the mechanism
    where both changed a few months ago and where working fine. they still work fine but as I say stop in the wrong place. Any Ideas would be appreciated: thumbs:
  • John.
    S2Forum Fiend
    • May 2012
    • 2615
    • Country: Scotland

    #2
    If they still work but park in the wrong place you could just undo the nut at the motor and reposition the mechanism.......but why it chose to do this and will it do it again could be an issue?!

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    • newsh
      S2Forum Obsessed
      • Aug 2003
      • 16226
      • Country: United Kingdom

      #3
      Got to be the mechanism inside the motor.

      Can you time it to switch them off just as they reach the bottom of the screen?

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      • 220bhp
        S2Forum Fiend
        • Nov 2004
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        #4
        Not sure if this is what you mean John. but it does not matter when or how I operate the switch they still return to the middle of the screen. If they where to get stuck for some reason could this happen.

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        • John.
          S2Forum Fiend
          • May 2012
          • 2615
          • Country: Scotland

          #5
          Originally posted by 220bhp
          Not sure if this is what you mean John. but it does not matter when or how I operate the switch they still return to the middle of the screen. If they where to get stuck for some reason could this happen.
          I understand, instead of the wipers parking at the base of the windscreen they're parking mid sweep. If they park in exactly the same place every time then if you were to loosen the nut at the MOTOR spindle and free the small linkage from the motor spline and then position the linkage in the correct park position and finally secure the linkage back onto the motor.
          It may be that the splines on the motor have become damaged and so the linkage has slipped??

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          • mike74
            S2Forum Maniac
            • Apr 2014
            • 615
            • Country: Scotland

            #6
            Just be careful when doing all this. IF the wipers are sweeping the window correctly but, not parking in the correct place then altering the alignment in the motor might make them sweep off the screen. I'd lift the wipers off the screen when trialling this...just in case

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            • Error404
              Super Moderator
              • Mar 2007
              • 19789
              • Country: United Kingdom

              #7
              Sounds like the splines have slipped on the motor spindle.
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              • nesshead6
                S2Forum Maniac
                • Apr 2009
                • 598
                • Country: United Kingdom

                #8
                I had this on my caddy, the easiest way to solve it was just to replace the whole motor/linkage.

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                • newsh
                  S2Forum Obsessed
                  • Aug 2003
                  • 16226
                  • Country: United Kingdom

                  #9
                  Yeah if the wipers are wiping the screen normally but parking in a weird position then the motor is fubarred inside.

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                  • 220bhp
                    S2Forum Fiend
                    • Nov 2004
                    • 2578
                    • Home: United Kingdom

                    #10
                    Thanks Guys. Just one more job that will have to wait. Very busy at the moment.
                    Of to Cornwall next Friday to fit a kitchen I have made, In Cornwall 350 miles in a transit van

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