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I've done a search on here, and the problem seems to be a common one - but I can't quite get to grips with what the best course of action is. The ball at the bottom of the wiper has come off the ali bar linkage. It's obviously done this before as it was attached with cable ties :) I'd like to know if this is occuring, is the ball and socket joint likely to be able to be squeezed together easily with no changes? Happen to have mole grips the right shape to get into the bulkhead, but have had no joy yet and decided to stop before bending anything! Apart from using the elastic bands method on the titanic website, what's cheapest? Don't want to get into replacing the whole lot - ~£170 is the figure I've found..

Chris.
 
If the ball is okay & it's just the plastic cup that's worn (usually the case) you can get a new co-rod for about a tenner. Pop off the old one (outside is easy, inner one needs a bit of effort or careful leverage), put a bit of grease in the cups of the new con-rod & pop it on.

It's a 10 minute job, I've had to do it on both my 944s.

If the ball is worn too you may need a new wiper arm, if you want to go the whole hog you can replace the complete wiper mechanism but the con-rod is a known poor design (compromised by the car originally being designed to be LHD only), rainwater slushes off the windscreen straight onto that outer cup & washes out the grease, so it wears out eventually.
 
It sounds like it should be just the linkage that you need and just something to be able to squeeze it back onto the ball joint thing it happened to my car but mine was on the passenger side which is more difficult to get to.
Apparently it is quite common so always keep a spare for if it happens again cost me just £12 for the linkage from a Exeter OPC
 
chances are high that it will keep popping off now even with a new arm. The problem is that the design angle is too acute and the friction caused by the wiper blade (particularly on a dryish screen) causes the arm to keep popping off once the ball is worn. Its a cheap fix to replace the arm . I would suggest you make sure that the wiper doesn't hit the screen edge at the end of travel to reduce impact on the ball joint and also avoid using the wipers on a dry screen . Give a quick sqirt of the washer before using the wiper should help a lot . My replacement arm lasted about 2 months before it started popping off again.

Its really hard to wipe the screen with your hand out the window when you're driving isn't it [:D]
 
Hiya. It's the con-rod socket that's worn - the ball looks and feels okay. Just to make sure, the con-rod is the long ali bar that links the passenger side wiper to the drivers side, right? Anyone got the con-rod part number?

Thanks a lot, much appreciated.
 
ORIGINAL: Chris__

Hiya. It's the con-rod socket that's worn - the ball looks and feels okay. Just to make sure, the con-rod is the long ali bar that links the passenger side wiper to the drivers side, right? Anyone got the con-rod part number?

Thanks a lot, much appreciated.
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It doesn't connect both sides, it just connects the driver's side wiper to the mechanism (it's only about 8-10 inches long), apart from that it's as you describe. Just had a look on PET & I'm pretty sure it's 945.628.034.00 but it's hard to be sure because the pic shows a LHD wiper mechanism.
 
Hey Chris,

This happened to my 944S and replacing the arm didn't fix the problem as it was the ball on the wiper arm that was worn. Got a new wiper assembly for around £70 from Exeter OPC IIRC. The wiper motor is a real PITA to remove for an old wiper assembly so I got a second hand motor to fit to the new one.

Best of luck.

Dave K.
 
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ORIGINAL: Chris__

Hiya. It's the con-rod socket that's worn - the ball looks and feels okay. Just to make sure, the con-rod is the long ali bar that links the passenger side wiper to the drivers side, right? Anyone got the con-rod part number?

Thanks a lot, much appreciated.
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It doesn't connect both sides, it just connects the driver's side wiper to the mechanism (it's only about 8-10 inches long), apart from that it's as you describe. Just had a look on PET & I'm pretty sure it's 945.628.034.00 but it's hard to be sure because the pic shows a LHD wiper mechanism.
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the 945 part of the part number is for RHD !
 
ORIGINAL: jackregan
the 945 part of the part number is for RHD !
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The RHD wiper mechanism contains more than one 945 part number though [;)]

Can you confirm what the correct part number is? I can't find the reciepts for the ones I bought, it's probably stamped into the part itself though.
 
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