The other night some oik snapped the rear wiper off the car. As it's due for an MOT at the end of the month I wondered if it's a testable item? Couldn't find anything about rear wipers on the VOSA site. Any help much appreciated
Thanks
cc
No I wasn't blocking anyone's driveway ;-)
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Here's the MOT Testers Manual ............... tinyurl.com/2nxrmn
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Thanks L'escargot...it didn't mention anything about rear wipers so I should be ok. Not only did the rear wiper arm get snapped off but also the washer tube has gone too. Time for a look on flea bay methinks. I never use it anyway, the car never gets dirty enough but it doesn't look too pretty and I'm one of those sad types that must have everything all present and correct on a car otherwise it niggles me
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The only MOT problem would be if the breakage had left sharp sticky-out bits that could endanger the public.
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Uh-oh :-( Don't know how to remove the wiper arm from the spindle as their doesn't seem to be any kind of tab that you press down to release the spring? It's a 95 Cherokee
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spring? It's a 95 Cherokee
Spawn of the devil....you could just as easlily manage with a bicycle..;)
I haven't looked at how they are fastened CC, but 2 thoughts here, some older designs and the US designs tend to be old school and none the worse for that had a small spring tab that locked under the spline of the spindle, just prising back would release the arm with a straight tug.
Otherwise if there's no visible method of locking on, it may just need a good straight pull with the molegrips firmly attached to the arm directly over the spindle head.
Save those same mole grips for the twerp that caused the problem.
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is there a plastic trim at the base of the arm?
if so, look under it and you should find a small nut.....
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Don't know how to remove the wiper arm from the spindle ......
To do it properly you may need a wiper arm removal tool such as this .... tinyurl.com/7nbpex
If you just pull on the arm you're pulling on the spindle and this may cause further damage.
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If the arm is similar to those on the front then the third picture down shows what the underside of the arm looks like. tinyurl.com/9texl7
It looks as if the arm is held on by the tag with the hole situated between the axis of the spindle and the pivot of the arm. Perhaps if you pull the tag at right-angles to the arm it will disengage from a circumferential groove in the spindle and allow the arm to then be pulled off the splined spindle. Alternatively lift the arm away from the screen and pull the end of the tag in the direction of the arm and away from the spindle, and then remove the arm from the spindle.
However, I'm only guessing from what the picture looks like!
Edited by L'escargot on 04/01/2009 at 14:08
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If all else fails you can just wrap duct tape round it so there are no sharp edges, not pretty but enought to pass the MOT, seen many rovers and old vauxhalls with rusty doors and bonnets get through the test like this.
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i was always told to assume " if its fitted it must work" not the case here then? obviously some models come with rear wiper and others dont but they usually have a blanking plug where the spindle would be...probably be up to the tester on the day, good luck
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>>if its fitted it must work
That's true for some items, but, not for rear wipers which are simply not a testable item - in this case, any tester attempting to fail the car for a fault with the rear wiper (other than the sharp edges mentioned earlier) would be well out of order.
>>probably be up to the tester on the day
That's definitely not the case.
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" if its fitted it must work"
For a very few items. Like:-
Where more than one rear registration plate lamp, or bulb, is fitted as original equipment , any one inoperative lamp or bulb is a reason for rejection.
You could well have a flux capacitor fitted, but it doesn't have to work. ;)
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You could well have a flux capacitor fitted but it doesn't have to work. ;)
"what do you mean my flux capacitor has failed?... it was working next saturday"
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