Wipers not working :(

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Wipers not working :(

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We had a disaster this weekend, starting off on a 160 mile round trip in the rain and suddenly the wipers stopped moving. The actual spindles still move, but it would appear that where the arms attach on has worn smooth so there's nothing for the arms to grip onto. Has anybody else had this happen, and what did you do to fix it?

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Looks like you need to buy new arms.Odd they should both go at the same time though.
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The spindles are hard metal, normally the splines fill up with swarf from the wiper arms just scrape out the swarf with a sharp point.
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I read this wrong.I thought it was the bit on the arms that were smooth.
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R0B wrote:I read this wrong.I thought it was the bit on the arms that were smooth.
You where right he still needs new arms though.
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Place a small piece of thin cotton over the splines. Push the wipers on, you may have to tap them on. That should do the job until you can replace them.
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