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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20820  
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Are you sure the end of the rack isn’t obstructed? If it is, and there isn’t full travel along it then it’ll limit the sweep of the wiper arms.
It could be obstructed or catch at a certain point as well, that could be another issue. You need lots of grease in there, but not too much, but it needs to be smooth across the full travel too. _\Hennessey|Venom| F5/___ ___\⭐️Lone|Star|State/___ ____\We|Will|Win/___ ____/🇬🇧🇺🇸\____ _//*⛽️🛢️⚙️🧰*\\_ |
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25th Apr 2025 11:20pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10988 
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Thanks Steve but i can't see that it is obstructed as it was a straight swap, old one out, new one in and yes, about the same amount of grease applied when all the gears were changed, it's just a twilight zone moment so i'm going to have to take the wipers off and put them back on so they do the full sweep
 Clayton.
1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up. Keeper. |
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1st May 2025 9:20pm |
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| donmacn Member Since: 07 Nov 2017 Location: Nth Scotland Posts: 1886 
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The system is so simple I really don't know if this will make any difference, but when you say 'straight swap' did you have a look to see if the wiper cable drive gear (inside the top of the motor) has the same degree of movement marked on it?
I seem to remember when I changed mine that I changed over that gear wheel. I'm away from home just now so I can't check, but there was something like 120' or 115' (degrees) marked on one wheel. It's a while since I did this and it's absolutely possible that my memory isn't what it was but I think there were different degrees of movement (and therefore sweep) on different gears? Maybe someone with a better memory could jump in and keep me right! Donald 1994 Defender 300Tdi 110 SW - owned since 2002 - 230k miles and going strong (The 'rolling restoration' or tinkering thread: http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic58538.html ) 2000 Range Rover P38 4.0L V8 in the past.. RR classic - fitted with 200Tdi 1984 RR classic - V8 with ZF auto box 1993 Discovery 300Tdi not to mention the minis and the Type 2 VW camper... |
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1st May 2025 11:32pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10988
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Hi Donald
No i didn't see if the cable had the same amount of movement as i changed the gear wheel from the old motor to the new one as they don't come with any gearing, that is extra
On my gearing it has 140 degrees and the other one you were right with is 115 degrees  Clayton.
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2nd May 2025 8:27pm |
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