technique?

[RikH]

About to smash my rear windscreen!
Putting on fabia rear, but for life of me i cant get the rear jet and nut cover off, cant go yanking it too hard as dont want to damage the spindle new one will sit on

ive heard people say it just slides off by pushing towards to wiper-does it f*ck
cant lift it off
pabs' site just says remove

god this car is pissing me off now
everything is a nightmare

anybody have any other suggestions or definite ways of removing it before i just give up

 

[CupraSteve]

wd40? and a bit of twisting

 

[SmartyFR]

Go on give it a good tug....nah seriously it should just slide off.Try some WD40 or sumthing similar.Should make it a little easier.

 

[RikH]

ok got it off, wiper off spindle after cursing at it for 10 minutes
new one on
now the wiper wants to clean the boot
its just going down and stopping
amazing
german engineering with yorkshire grit

 

[RikH]

ok sorted it

mod, this can be deleted if you want

but for others ref, what it was-;

the metal arm at the base of the new wiper wasnt fully flush on the spindle, the side nearest the wiper was slightly up, so when the motor was turning it wasnt catching the wiper properly

 

[NeilC]

Was it just me that looked at the thread title and thought it was a dodgy follow on from the 'best behind' thread?

 

[Pabs]

just wiggle and wd40 - it will come off - eventually.
Mine practically fell off - must have been lucky

 

[LeMans24hr]

New fabia wiper.....done saturday whilst we lost at rugby.

BIG thanks to PABS? leoncupra site. good work top tipping

 

[Pabs]

hehe no worries dude - glad to be of assistance

 

[andycupra]

is it just me or did i read that he couldnt get the nut cover off...
i mean the wiper aint coming off if you aint undone the nut.

 

[RikH]

first i couldnt get the nut cover off
then when i put the new on one it was intent on cleaning the boot

hopefully you can read that?
RAW

 

[andycupra]

About to smash my rear windscreen!
Putting on fabia rear, but for life of me i cant get the rear jet and nut cover off, cant go yanking it too hard as dont want to damage the spindle new one will sit on

ive heard people say it just slides off by pushing towards to wiper-does it f*ck
cant lift it off
pabs' site just says remove

god this car is pissing me off now
everything is a nightmare

anybody have any other suggestions or definite ways of removing it before i just give up

well i can read that ok....


as for it cleaning the boot, you have sorted this now, so i wont warn you to make sure you have it square on the spindle...

glad you got it sorted.

 

[RikH]

well i can read that ok....


as for it cleaning the boot, you have sorted this now, so i wont warn you to make sure you have it square on the spindle...

glad you got it sorted.

look in the post after you have quoted that i made
and the answer to your question is there
the arm wasnt on square to the windscreen, so wasnt catching right