Play in wiper spindles

The message from snipped-for-privacy@paul.plus.com(Paul) contains these words:

Replace them.

My 1991 205 had plastic bushes holding the spindles in position, one wore through at about 150,000 miles.

Any Peugeot dealer spares desk will sell you a kit with spindles, bushes and linkages. ISTR it was £20 or £30 when I bought one about 4 years ago, aside from the iffy wiper motor I had at the time, it sorted my wiping out a treat.

Remove the wiper arms from the splined spindles. They've got springs in, this makes things a bit weird when you unbolt the spindles, you'll need to reattach them to the new linkage later anyway, its much easier while the thing's still attached to the car.

The whole spindle bush and linkage assembly bolts on to the body of the car under the plastic grille between the bonnet and the windscreen (also home to the air intake for the cabin ventilation). Getting the grille out is pretty easy, a few torx/Phillips studs and whip it out so to speak. Slipping one edge of the grille back under the windscreen seal was fiddly, perhaps there's a knack.

The wiper motor has a splined output which is secured to the assembly with a little nut. 8 or 10mm rings a bell, its a real l'il bugger as its upside down to you. Don't drop the nut or the washer, they'll probably disappear into the wings.

Assembly is the reverse of disassembly.

After its all stuck together and it looks like it isn't going to fall apart, make sure its all working before you stick the wiper arms back on and replace the plastic grille by activating a swish of the wipers, this will reposition the motor, linkage and spindles in case they were disturbed ready for you to stick the wiper arms back on.

Hope this makes some sense and that I got the gist of what you were talking about.

Douglas

Thanks Douglas, that's very helpful, and gives me the confidence to have a go.