Since fitting my aero wipers a while back, ive noticed there isnt a great amount of clearance at the top of the drivers side wiper arm, it really could do with a bit more, but the only way to achieve this would be to have it sitting up higher in the park position and would annoy the bejesus out of me
So, is this normal for others, or is my linkage somehow <beep>???
Also, is the wiper mech specific to the V8 C5 or will any one do if i need to look at replacing it?
Wiper sweep
Re: Wiper sweep
Have you got the allroad wiper arms or the fugly retrofit aero blades?
Daytona RS6 C5 Avant. Viper'd, Billies, Waggers, MTM box brain, C6 stoppers, xcarlink, R8 coolant cap (woohoo)
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Re: Wiper sweep
I have the genuine Allroad wipers Shop, I have fitted Bosch aero twins to them
The wipers are also pretty slow so I imagine the linkage is pretty tired and could do with greasing up maybe, but it’s still the drivers side sweep that’s the issue, it’s about an inch or so it stops at the top of the sweep, so the wiper blade doesn’t end the upward sweep parallel with the windscreen
I’ll try get some pics today as it’s a dirty lil bitch already from 2 days of driving our beautiful Scottish scenic, potholed to <beep> and manky roads
The wipers are also pretty slow so I imagine the linkage is pretty tired and could do with greasing up maybe, but it’s still the drivers side sweep that’s the issue, it’s about an inch or so it stops at the top of the sweep, so the wiper blade doesn’t end the upward sweep parallel with the windscreen
I’ll try get some pics today as it’s a dirty lil bitch already from 2 days of driving our beautiful Scottish scenic, potholed to <beep> and manky roads
Re: Wiper sweep
Yeah. Pics would help.
Daytona RS6 C5 Avant. Viper'd, Billies, Waggers, MTM box brain, C6 stoppers, xcarlink, R8 coolant cap (woohoo)
///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."
///M3 E46 | XC90 (V8, natch) | Passat GTE | RR Classic V8 flapper
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."
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Re: Wiper sweep
Unusual phenomenon, RS6 fixes itself...
Apparently lying in the snow and rain on a drive for a week seems to lubricate the mechanism, used it yesterday and the wipers were more like normal speed, and the sweep is almost back to where it should be. Car has been stored in my work unit since Sept where it was mostly cold with heating at times, must just have been lack of use, but i'll need to strip it out in summer and grease it up if i remember
Apparently lying in the snow and rain on a drive for a week seems to lubricate the mechanism, used it yesterday and the wipers were more like normal speed, and the sweep is almost back to where it should be. Car has been stored in my work unit since Sept where it was mostly cold with heating at times, must just have been lack of use, but i'll need to strip it out in summer and grease it up if i remember
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