Car wash Damaged Windscreen Wipers

Karlchadw · Sep 24, 2022

Hi All
Got a 90 a few weeks ago and decided to use a Imo car wash today to get some of the grime off. When going through, the rollers got to the windscreen and dragged the wipers up making a loud crack resulting in the wipers lo longer sitting horizontal on the windscreen. They still operate but don't return to the horizontal position. Any clues on a fix for me to have a look tomorrow? I'm going back tomorrow to put a complaint in as the manager wasn't there, but have taken details etc and spoke with him on the phone.
Thanks

Turboman · Sep 24, 2022

Karlchadw said:
Hi All
Got a 90 a few weeks ago and decided to use a Imo car wash today to get some of the grime off. When going through, the rollers got to the windscreen and dragged the wipers up making a loud crack resulting in the wipers lo longer sitting horizontal on the windscreen. They still operate but don't return to the horizontal position. Any clues on a fix for me to have a look tomorrow? I'm going back tomorrow to put a complaint in as the manager wasn't there, but have taken details etc and spoke with him on the phone.
Thanks

Not absolutely certain what wiper set up you have, but it is possible that the splined adaptor has just turned on the steel stem.
There should be a grub screw. Undo it, and turn the wiper blade back to the right position, then do up the screw.

The moral of this tale is that Landrovers don't much like being washed, so don't!

kevstar · Sep 24, 2022

Karlchadw said:
Hi All
Got a 90 a few weeks ago and decided to use a Imo car wash today to get some of the grime off. When going through, the rollers got to the windscreen and dragged the wipers up making a loud crack resulting in the wipers lo longer sitting horizontal on the windscreen. They still operate but don't return to the horizontal position. Any clues on a fix for me to have a look tomorrow? I'm going back tomorrow to put a complaint in as the manager wasn't there, but have taken details etc and spoke with him on the phone.
Thanks

Lift up the plastic covers on the wiper arm, remove the nut & pull the wiper off & check the splines
on the spindle & arms from stripping damage. If no damage just reposition them.

kevstar · Sep 24, 2022

Turboman said:
The moral of this tale is that Landrovers don't much like being washed, so don't!

Haha that made me larf

Karlchadw · Sep 25, 2022

All sorted, thanks for your help.

Lesson learnt, will keep it dirty in the future

tottot · Sep 25, 2022

And if you must a jet wash will do.

lightning · Sep 25, 2022

The likelihood is, the wiper arms were forced upwards and the spindle gears jumped a tooth on the drive cable.
That was the crack you heard. lt happened to mine when they were frozen to the screen (l've since replaced the whole system because there was play in the drive and they were noisy)

However if you've adjusted the wiper arms on the splines and they are now working correctly, you've got away with it.

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