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| grafty99 Member Since: 15 Aug 2012 Location: North Devon Posts: 4802   
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Give the wiper spindles a good spray of WD40 or similar after pulling the rubber seals back towards the wiper arms
Do this with with wipers running (help them along as necessary) they should free up after a good soaking and a few minutes use. 2002 90 Td5 Station Wagon
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2nd Nov 2019 3:56pm |
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| ARC99 Member Since: 19 Feb 2013 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1831 
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I hate to be the doom monger but I had the same problem a couple of months ago , sprayed as Grafty says worked okay until next day then nothing. It turned out to be the motor had ceased sold, so much for maintenance free bearings. Don't make old people mad.
We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to  us off.
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2nd Nov 2019 4:39pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17853 
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Very often these are the symptoms of excessive wear in the wheelboxes, in which case renewal of same is the only effective remedy.
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2nd Nov 2019 5:17pm |
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| Barneyboy Member Since: 19 Nov 2014 Location: Exmoor Posts: 1636  
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Hi thank you all for the advice given weve had the dash off after spraying profusely with wd40 and sadly no change we've taken the wiper motor apart and there are teeth missing from the big cog
So he is going to order a new one shame as we were really hoping to fix it for tomorrow but it'll now be 2 trips with the lorry as they're taking 4 horses. Thanks again for the advice as always it's very much appreciated 👍 cheers Paul |
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2nd Nov 2019 6:08pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20910
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The wiper wheel boxes are on my to do list this coming year. They aren’t causing problems yet but by that stage they’ve caused a lot of problems.
I know they are worn though. As Blackwolf said, the wheel boxes I also think are more typical culprits than the motor and the rest of the system. You often notice many older Defenders with droopy wiper arms, that’s a sign. _\Hennessey|Venom| F5/___ ___\⭐️Lone|Star|State/___ ____\We|Will|Win/___ ____/🇬🇧🇺🇸\____ _//*⛽️🛢️⚙️🧰*\\_ |
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2nd Nov 2019 6:57pm |
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| Barneyboy Member Since: 19 Nov 2014 Location: Exmoor Posts: 1636
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Thank you all he is going to put an order in tomorrow for the parts as weve left it All open ready to replace the parts luckily he has another car he can use so it's sat in the barn ready for repairs when they arrive 👍cheers Paul
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2nd Nov 2019 10:38pm |
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