Hi,

My dads mk1 Octavia windscreen wipers gave stopped working. It was going slow for a while before hand so think it is motor rather than fuse/stalk.

Any idea on cost? ie from dealer.

What about second hand? Is it easy to replace?

Thanks for the help.

Callum

it will be the linkage siezing up.remove the wipers. then the plastic cover,and the rubber strip,disconnect the washer hoses,then theres three bolts on the linkage. disconnect the wiring. take the linkage out and clean and regrease it. or get a cheap replacement from a breakers. hope this helps.

Wiper motor and rack out of the car, this is off a 2002 Octavia

what you see once stripped out, circlip, washer underneath, rubber O ring [rack housing] washer at the base and the crank itself.

On this one there was a bush at each end of the housing, between the bushes there was alloy corrosion packing the shaft so tightly it was seizing, you can see the crud below in the pic.

It took 10 mins to get one crank out, the other took 30 mins in a vice winding backwards and forwards while exerting pressure to get the shaft out. Loads of penetration fluid from both ends, but the powdery corrosion was bone dry once the cranks were out. I have 3 racks here all were seized to some extent or other.

I reassembled the cranks coated in grease.

Don't be tempted to hit the wiper arm threads with a hammer, you'll never get the nuts back on

As above, whip it out and clean it up.

Here is one of mine, post-clean.