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Remove wipers and scuttle - with photographs
« on: 28 January 2013, 22:50:39 »

After using this site for for yet another successful piece of Omega-DIY, I thought I'd give something back.

Removing the wiper scuttle is necessary for a few jobs. So, especially for newbies like myself, I've gathered together some photographs to show the various stages. Note, this is for an MV6 first registered in 2000.

Tools required:
* 13mm socket and ratchet
* Torx T25 screwdriver
* Torx T20 screwdriver
* Thin screwdriver

Difficulty: easy, one-person job
Time: 20 minutes disassemble, 20 minutes reassemble

(1) First, the wiper arms need to be removed. With the wiper arms flat against the glass, open the bonnet. Use the thin screwdriver to prise off the plastic caps covering the wiper arm bolts, then use the 13mm socket and ratchet to remove nut and washer. If the nuts are on really tight, hold the wiper arm to stop the wiper mechanism from being damaged. Do this for both wiper arms. With the nuts off, the wiper arms will seem to be stuck in position and cannot be lifted.



(2) Next, close the bonnet and lift the wiper arm. The wiper arms sit on tapered, ridged spindles and should lift straight off. This is almost never the case. Gently rock the fixed part of the wiper arm away from the windscreen to free it from the spindle. Some may suggest a puller is needed here, but violently wiggling on the hinge never fails.



(3) Close-up of a tapered, ridged spindle.



(4) Next, remove the short driver-side and passenger side scuttle rubber seals, and the long seal running the width of the car. These just pull off.



(5) Using the Torx T25 screwdriver, remove the screw and washer that attaches the scuttle to the wing.



(6) Next, by gently lifting the rubber seal at the bottom of the windscreen, you'll be able to see small black 90°-turn fasteners. Use the Torx T20 screwdriver to remove these - they don't screw out, they just turn 90°. The driver side scuttle has five fasteners, and the passenger side has three.



(7) By now, you should have a collection of fixings as shown here (there should be eight fasteners).



(8 ) Next, remove the metal clips on the passenger side scuttle using the thin screwdriver.


(9) Now, both driver side and passenger side scuttles can be lifted away. Lift the driver side scuttle free from the tapered, ridged spindles.



(10) That's the removal completed.


(11) Reassembly is the opposite of disassembly. However, to make things easy, fit the passenger side scuttle first.


(12) Also, when fitting the driver side scuttle, gently run the thin screwdriver under the rubber windscreen seal to stop the seal becoming trapped under the scuttle.



(13) When fitting the wiper arms, note that the driver side wiper arm has a dog-leg on the lower part. Driver wiper on the left, passenger wiper on the right.
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