1995, 993 rear wiper arm
- Thread starter Ultraman
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mine snapped today - luckily while i was washing the car. the fracture line had been visible for some time, so i have had a new repalcement in the garage waiting for the moment. think it was ~£115. Probably more now though, with the weak pound.
I seem to be one of the few people that is not shocked by the price of this part. Here's why: I count at least 24 individual sub-parts going into making up the unit. The main arm for example has separate pieces for each end and the curved arm in the middle. Ditto the lower arm, which is even more complicated. It has a phosphur bronze bushed bearing joining the upper and lower arms together at the wiper end. The adjuster in the lower arm has a left-handed thread (rather unusual to find anwhere these days), concealed by a little rubber concertina hose, which also hides the other... Pressure against the screen is provided by two individual small springs in parallel... Made in Germany (not the Far East).
All in it is a very satisfying thing to toy with - it's just such a shame it has that single weak point. However I'm sure a competent hobby engineer could effect a repair, as the bit that breaks is one of the simpler components of the arm and would be easy to remove and re-make in brass, say
I find the price Porsche charges for the nuts and bolts that hold the exhaust heat shields in place and the heat shields themselves, to be far and away more shocking!
just my view
I seem to be one of the few people that is not shocked by the price of this part. Here's why: I count at least 24 individual sub-parts going into making up the unit. The main arm for example has separate pieces for each end and the curved arm in the middle. Ditto the lower arm, which is even more complicated. It has a phosphur bronze bushed bearing joining the upper and lower arms together at the wiper end. The adjuster in the lower arm has a left-handed thread (rather unusual to find anwhere these days), concealed by a little rubber concertina hose, which also hides the other... Pressure against the screen is provided by two individual small springs in parallel... Made in Germany (not the Far East).
All in it is a very satisfying thing to toy with - it's just such a shame it has that single weak point. However I'm sure a competent hobby engineer could effect a repair, as the bit that breaks is one of the simpler components of the arm and would be easy to remove and re-make in brass, say
I find the price Porsche charges for the nuts and bolts that hold the exhaust heat shields in place and the heat shields themselves, to be far and away more shocking!
just my view
topcats993
New member
Dont just leave on unfixed as if the rear wiper gets turned on by mistake you will be paying to get rear window glass polished, I have seen it happen on a mates 964 not good,, replace or remove
plhorner
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ORIGINAL: Ultraman
Got any pics? Did you have to buy a replacement part to seal it all closed?
Have been thyinking about doing this but want to makesure it is water tight!
Thanks [
I'm struggling to find it now, however, I read an article this week on rear wiper delete. It quoted the full Porsche parts listing for the blank and seals - I think they were 968 parts from a Club Sport.
Ultraman
New member
For those of you intersetd in removiung the rear wiper I found this useful posting:
http://www.911uk.com/viewtopic.php?t=37605&sid=5924f156975bd59a071ea80e35716349
Near the end of the page:
"Yup, very very easy DIY, get a colour matched 'plug' from www.bumperplugs.com. Remove the exterior top nut on the wiper arm, remove arm, climb inside the car, pull back the very back partition, remove 3 nuts holding the wiper motor in place, unclip power, remove motor, apply a small amount of silicon sealer to the colour plug and carefully place in exterior hole, wipe of any excess sealer, replace interior back partition. Job done, 15min tops... "
http://www.911uk.com/viewtopic.php?t=37605&sid=5924f156975bd59a071ea80e35716349
Near the end of the page:
"Yup, very very easy DIY, get a colour matched 'plug' from www.bumperplugs.com. Remove the exterior top nut on the wiper arm, remove arm, climb inside the car, pull back the very back partition, remove 3 nuts holding the wiper motor in place, unclip power, remove motor, apply a small amount of silicon sealer to the colour plug and carefully place in exterior hole, wipe of any excess sealer, replace interior back partition. Job done, 15min tops... "
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