wipers

[B@fink]

My wipers seem to have taken a turn for the crazy. Last time i used them they worked just like they should, but then after i washed the car (possibly a red herring) they have gone slightly loopy. The first time i used them i was just "flick" wiping the condensation in the morning and they wipe and then jump up an inch! So i tried them at slow speed and then turned to off and the same and then full speed, the same and then intermittant.......you guessed it.....They still wipe and then do a little more just for no reason! Is this a typical sign of wipers on the way out or are they just getting giddy after having a bath?!? I would think they have a stop switch in them but i'm not pulling it to bits if i don't have to.....anyone seen this before?!

[PsYcHe]

Try a vigorous spraying of WD40 in the mechanism and see if it behaves better.

But it's usually a sign of impending failure... It's just a matter of when usually.

[B@fink]

begining to thing this might be electrical............having washed the windows the wipers just kept on trucking today........ swiping away happy as clams, had to turn them to on, then to off for them to stop. Looks like a stop switch thats thrown a wobbler. Anyone had the gubbins to bits before? or am i going into this one solo?

If the mechanism has slipped a bit on the splines it does exactly this. When I had to refit mine I got it slightly wrong and it did exactly this. It took a couple of goes to get it right but it was fine after that.

[B@fink]

hmmmmmmmm interesting. They haven't been taken off, but it might be worth a poke at adjusting them i suppose. Just strange it's "happened". Is it the splines to the motor or the arm linkages you tweaked?

The motor splines connect to a bar that then pushes the actual linkage. on mine it was the position of this connecting bar that needed adjustment.

Hope this helps a little