| STEP
1. |
STEP
2. |
Thumbs down. This windscreen wiper isn't
parked it's abandoned! You could add a hundred
and one styling mods to your Golf but the rear
end still looks crap with a wiper blade in the
middle of the glass. Pick up your 13mm
spanner, loosen the retaining nut that holds
the wiper arm on the spindle, and remove the
arm. |
If you open the tailgate and ease off the
interior trim panel - here's one we prepared
earlier - the answer to the poor wiper parking
is immediately apparent. Well, you're looking
at the motor in the parked position on the
right, and the lever arrangement that connects
it to the wiper spindle.
If you're good at visualizing these things,
you'll be able to see how the push-pull of the
levers turn the motor's 360 degree rotation
into the right-left-right sweep of the wiper.
Look closer at... |
| STEP
3. |
STEP
4. |
This short linkage the answer to our problem.
See how it sits on the motor splines? We need
to turn that through 180 degrees so, instead
of sweeping from the center of the screen to
the bottom and back, the wiper starts from the
bottom, sweeps to the center and returns. Pick
up your 10mm spanner and loosen the retaining
nut... |
You can now pull the lever off the motor's
splines and turn the hand... |
| STEP
5. |
STEP
6. |
...through 180 degrees... |
Replace the wiper arm on its spindle. Align it
so the blade lies parallel to the screen
rubber, This isn't an exact science take it
back off if necessary and reposition until
you're satisfied. |
| STEP
7. |
Once you're got it in place and bolted back
on, there it is. Job done. A functioning but
far more fashionable rear screen wiper for
your Golf, just in time for the rain. |
