Hello Guys and girls, I'm so PC.

Octavia MK1 VRS.

My front wipers recently stopped working, turns out they where seized. Anyway I took the wiper linkage out, took them apart, cleaned greased, now all working, sweet.

I have a bit of a problem though, my driver side wiper have a very long range, if I set the wiper in the off position above the scuttle plate, it goes past the edge of the window when wiping and also wipes a bit of the car. So in basic terms, I'm having to set the wiper in the off position on the scuttle plate to keep the bugger on the window. I'm worried about this because the wiper goes onto the scuttle plate every time the wiper goes down, I assume this will greatly reduce the life of my wipers which are the Aero type, but on the original arm.

Is there any way I can alter the range of the wipe, I think I probably need to change it by about 2".

Thanks and hope someone can help, cheers.

Note: I did not change the motor position when I took wipers apart.

Phil

I had to adjust mine cos drivers one was trying to wipe the a pillar, they do run very close to both limits and i think mine is actually touching scuttle panel aswell now but dont think there is anything we can do about it

If they are hitting the scuttle on the downward stroke, then are you finding they are not quite reaching the vertical side of the windscreen?

If so, then just pop the wiper off the spindle (when the wipers are in the parked position) and re-align the wiper for the correct bottom of stroke position.

Otherwise I guess I am misunderstood the problem and you can ignore me

If they are hitting the scuttle on the downward stroke, then are you finding they are not quite reaching the vertical side of the windscreen?

If so, then just pop the wiper off the spindle (when the wipers are in the parked position) and re-align the wiper for the correct bottom of stroke position.

Otherwise I guess I am misunderstood the problem and you can ignore me

Hi There. Thanks for the replies guys,

If I don't have the wiper set on the scuttle panel in off position, the wiper wipes the side pillar on the upstroke.

So basically I have to decide if my wiper hits the scuttle panel or wipes the side pillar.

Cheers

Phil

Hi There. Thanks for the replies guys,

If I don't have the wiper set on the scuttle panel in off position, the wiper wipes the side pillar on the upstroke.

So basically I have to decide if my wiper hits the scuttle panel or wipes the side pillar.

Cheers

Phil

I thought this was a common Golf IV problem. The drivers wiper hits the pillar due to wear? in the linkage. Solved by refitting new linkage mechanism.

It does sound like the linkage is loose - There's no way to adjust the range on it.

Is there any play in the arm? Can you turn it by hand to a degree?