The Laird donated his 3 spare windscreen wiper mechanisms to me today rather than get the house removers to move them to his new house so I thought I would start looking at the issues. Investigation of the three mechanisms appears to show that shows that any play in the system seems to be in the connections either end of the 2nd, short, arm between the gold coloured arm on the motor drive shaft and the first (driver side) wiper actuator.
Looking at one of the joints shows (2nd picture) shows considerable wear wear whereas the second one (despite the torn seal) seems to have more unworn metal. So I have re-assembled the good mechanism (with a good motor) using lots of EP grease in the joint, and will look to put this in the car as soon as I get it off the jacks in The Lairds garage where it is awaiting re-furbished calipers!!
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2002 D2 S8 – Ming Blue, Valcona leather, Vavona wood insert, solar sunroof (to be fitted), Heated rear seats, extended leather pack, 18” Avus, ski hatch, Bose, auto dim rear view mirror, rear blind.
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