| Rear wiper leak repair additional tips. | |
Today I repaired the leaky rear wiper on my TD6.
The main symptom was it had stopped to wipe the rear window.
On my wiper as well as the seal mentioned in
http://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic9924.html
leaking I noticed the outer seal which behind where the wiper bolts on was damaged.
I bought 4 16mm x 10mm x 4mm seals incase I had issues doing the job.
Now following the article in the Wiki I sliced off the plastic heads and popped the water elbow off.
Where I differed from the Wiki is levered the old seal out and pressed in a new one, this means everything sits flush and using superglue and 4 small screws I fitted it back on the wiper unit.
The outer seal was slightly different matter as it appears to have been moulded into the plastic cap. I drifted the plastic cap off the casting extension by tapping a drift down the inside.
As this seal is part of the cap I had to turn the hole out to 16mm to accept the new seal. I am fortunate in having a lathe which made the job easy but a 16mm drill bit will also do the job.
Once the hole was cleaned up I pressed the seal into the plastic cap and pressed the cap back onto the casting.
Reassembly as per Wiki followed and few minutes setting up the start of the sweep on the rear window so it didnt hit the spoiler, all was good.
I dont know if this wants to be added to the Wiki feel free if you want to do that.
Adrian VW Amarok 2014 Highline auto
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25th Jul 2014 7:49am
