front wipers

[lasthope]

went to drive car tonite,as it been raining wipers are going funny only front ones going very slow on all speeds seem to stop and start,but going slow any ideas my car is skoda octavia classic 1.9tdi 05 cheers

[mbames]

On the mk1 this could have been down to seized linkage.  Not sure if the mk2 suffers from similar issues.  Was the movement just slow, or slow and juddery?

[lasthope]

it was  slow and juddery I just left them on the 1st click going very slow but now all seem ok so I might just take them about and clean them

[mbames]

Very similar issue to what happened on my mk1.  You needed to remove the linkage and clean up the spindles (as they go rusty), and then repack with grease and put back together.  As I say, I'm not sure if this is still an issue with the mk2.

 

Is your car a mk2 or or mk1, as I;m thinking that 2005 could have been a very last of the mk1 (especially in classic spec as that might have been made as a taxi)

[lasthope]

I its a mk 2 mate, :sun:

[lasthope]

any ideas how to get the wipers off,,got one off np but one is well seized on tried pulling and pulling lol no joy,,

[mbames]

I have heard of people slackening off the nut and then using a puller to help break the corrosion between the wiper arm and the spindle.  Also a bit of plug gas dribbled down the spindle might help too.

Edited 27 April, 2015 by mbames

[lasthope]

all done stuck wd40 left it over nite then used some mole grips,bit tug here and pull then pop,,and yep  linkage was well stuck on the left so done both,,runs spot on now