Editing Wiper Linkage Repair

My wipers broke the other night, which i heard is a common probelm, so thought i would take some photos while i fixed it and throw it up as a tech article:

From the factory, R31s were fitted with a fairly dodgy linkage connection at the wiper motor. As mine snapped and it was to hard to find a replacement, this is the solution i came up with to repair it.

First you must remove all the plastic guarding around the wipers. This is pretty straight forward, just a couple of bolts, so i didn't bother with a photo of it.

Next you must make up a replacement attachment to the wiper motor. In the below picture you can see the broken factory linkage and the rose joint i made to replace it:

[[image:wiper2.jpg]]

As you can see the original is made of die-cast rubbish and was bound to snap. The replacement bracket is fairly simple. The factory linkage is stripped down to the bare plate without any fittings and then an M6 rose joint ($15.40) is attached by a bolt ($0.80). A thread is then inserted in to the factory linkage arm to allow adjustment of angle and length and then welded once correctly fitted. This is how it looks once installed:

[[image:wiper.jpg]]

As you can see it is much stronger than the factory item and a hell of a lot cheaper as well.

-'''dave carter'''


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