Happy New Year all!
To celebrate the New Year, my 110 has decided to deny me any wiper action on the drivers side - nicely to fit in with any rain and storms.
The passenger wiper works fine, so i'm assuming the motor / cable are fine.
The drivers wiper makes a nasty cog grinding noise, and wiper just sort of twitches. If i take the wiper off, the grooved nut moves as expected, and if i try to hold on and stop that turning, i can't. If i leave the wiper in the 'off window' position, it still turns ok - so it's just the extra drag of it on the windscreen that pushes it over the edge.
i'm assuming then that it's a wheelbox issue, and it's slipping drive from the cable? Can i tighten that up, or is it a new wheelbox?
Also, having looked at Buster's awesome 'how to' on wipers (thank you Buster!), and knowing that my major talent is to break 10 things for every 1 i try to fix - is this going to be a dash out job?
I'd appreciate some advice and perhaps confirmation of my diagnosis!
Cheers guys!
M
To celebrate the New Year, my 110 has decided to deny me any wiper action on the drivers side - nicely to fit in with any rain and storms.
The passenger wiper works fine, so i'm assuming the motor / cable are fine.
The drivers wiper makes a nasty cog grinding noise, and wiper just sort of twitches. If i take the wiper off, the grooved nut moves as expected, and if i try to hold on and stop that turning, i can't. If i leave the wiper in the 'off window' position, it still turns ok - so it's just the extra drag of it on the windscreen that pushes it over the edge.
i'm assuming then that it's a wheelbox issue, and it's slipping drive from the cable? Can i tighten that up, or is it a new wheelbox?
Also, having looked at Buster's awesome 'how to' on wipers (thank you Buster!), and knowing that my major talent is to break 10 things for every 1 i try to fix - is this going to be a dash out job?
I'd appreciate some advice and perhaps confirmation of my diagnosis!
Cheers guys!
M