Since I’ve had my 90 speed 2 on the front wipers has worked at the same speed as speed 1? Never really bothered me. Recently they stopped parking and speed 2 don’t work at all now so thought I’d have a look, whipped off the cover removed the park switch sprayed with WD worked it a bit , put it back on and hey presto they park again. I’m getting a feed from the switch on position 1 then another feed when on position 2 so am I right in thinking it’s a motor fault causing position 2 not to work.
Wiper weirdness
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tottot
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Often old motors are just worn and stiff and will only go at the same speed on both settings.
Iirc the motors speeds are controlled by tracks internally incl the intermittent bit, but think theres a relay on top of trans tunnel by fuse box for the intermittent bit?
You can also make your intermittent adjustable by fitting a VW car relay.
+1 - strip and clean the motor and gearbox - get some decent grease in all the bearings and in the gearbox, and try again....
tottot
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I did the above and things were good for a couple of years, gone back to its old ways now.
Mine doesn't have the. Intermittent function, but cheers anyway.
Might give that a go tomorrow+1 - strip and clean the motor and gearbox - get some decent grease in all the bearings and in the gearbox, and try again....
Cheat like i did today, end of dash off, top bit 3 screws, bottom bit 5 screws, loosen cable to motor nut, remove motor c clamp 2 screws, turn motor to gain access to the cover screws x 4, remove screws dose up with aerosl grease (not wd40 etc but grease) and put back together, easy and fast.
Just done that this morning except I also removed the wiper arms and pulled the rack out,cleaned greased and refitted it. When the weather warms up a bit I will probably rip the whole lot out and replace with new but at least I have one speed working and they are parking which was bugging the crap out of me.
