[T3] Wiper motor

[Jaz Jarzewiak]

I appreciate the detailed answer! Looks like I've got my work cut out for me.

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> On Apr 19, 2014, at 10:59 PM, "Jim Adney" <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:
> 
>> On 19 Apr 2014 at 20:47, Jaz Jarzewiak wrote:
>> 
>> I was driving through the light rain back from a pinball open house,
>> and at some point, about ten minutes from home, my passenger side
>> wiper decided to flip over to face the right, and it wouldn't come
>> back. Looking back, it probably would have been a good idea to turn
>> off the wipers to keep the motors from running, but they were going
>> until I parked. I tried turning the wiper back and turning on
>> accessory power to try to see if it would run again, and although the
>> drivers side worked fine, the passenger just wiggled a bit. 
>> 
>> Any idea what happened, and the best way to fix it?
> 
> The early wiper arms were just attached to the shafts with set 
> screws, and that attachment was always troublesome. For '68-9 the 
> shaft was 8 mm, but earlier shafts were only 6 mm. VW actually had a 
> recall that replaced the set screw wiper arms with a pinch clamp 
> style. Those worked well. You will have to look at your arms to see 
> which style you have.
> 
> If you have the pinch clamp style, you just need to tighten the pinch 
> bolt. If you still have the original set screw version, you will 
> probably need to file a small flat on the shaft for the set screw to 
> bear against. This is difficult, because the flat has to be in 
> exactly the right place, or the wiper won't face in the correct 
> direction. Work slowly and check your work often.
> 
> You could also be on the lookout for a pair of the 6 mm (I think) 
> replacement pinch clamp versions. Those would be your very best 
> option, as they worked very well, but they will be hard, or 
> impossible, to find.  
> 
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