gen3 outback sloppy wipers

Post by **Alex** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:11 am

hey guys,

found another pretty minor issue with the new car over the weekend.

basically when the car is standing the windscreen wipers are fine, but when im doing up over 50km/hr and turn the wipers on the drivers side wiper runs off the edge of the windcreen actually damaging the paint on the A pillar.

when the wipers are off they reset in a different location each time, sometimes slightly higher up the windscreen than normal, sometimes very low, almost hitting the bottom gutter when they stop.

when they are off, i am also able to move them by hand say about 10cm up and down the windscreen. This is not possible with my gen3 liberty which are tight and i cant physcially move them with my hands at all.

ive got no idea how they work in a gen 3. What could be causing this? Loose wiper arm bars (which are concealed somewhere) ? dead or dying windcreen wiper motor? or perhaps as easy as a loose nut sumwhere? i have also made sure the nuts where the arm connects to the stub bit are tight.

cheers for your help

alex

Post by **TOONGA** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:22 am

sounds like the bushes in the arms (under the facia) are stuffed see if Guy Smiley has parts

TOONGA

Post by **Alex** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:57 am

sounds like plausible explanation. I will have a looksie tonight

thanks Jules

alex

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 12:04 pm

TOONGA wrote:sounds like the bushes in the arms (under the facia) are stuffed see if Guy Smiley has parts

TOONGA

I agree.. I've had 3 cars all do the same.. remove plastic trim under the arms and you'll see all

guyph_01 · Post by **guyph_01** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:39 pm

nope, i had them but its to late now, the half cut is gone:(

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 12:49 pm

guyph_01 wrote:nope, i had them but its to late now, the half cut is gone:(

Grab the ones off the wrecked Impreza.. they will have the same bushes

Post by **Alex** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 1:01 pm

they cant be replaced, possible but id imagine itd be tricky

they have like a plastic cover over the connection which joins two bars together. This has broken so it just slops around.

last night i made my own custom jobby with duct tape as a bush. Its 100% better than before and they work properly but i can imagine it failing very soon haha.

needs to be replaced properly!

alex

Post by **Alex** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 1:05 pm

just found this pic on the net, dispalys whats broken on mine.

because that plastic white cap is broken it allows the pin that connects the two linkages together to move around.

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 2:33 pm

Yeah Alex.. they can be replaced but not from new (as I understand it) as Subaru only sell them as complete linkages but just grab a set of good 2nd hand ones and with some needle nose pliers, you'll be able to get them out. I'd check all 4 of them bushes.. might as well while you have them out.

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 2:34 pm

Worst case is look for a set of linkages of Fleabay

Post by **Captain Obvious** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 8:48 pm

yeah our gen3 sedan does the same thing

bobbyjimmy · Post by **bobbyjimmy** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 8:30 am

From an older thread with the same issue;

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Post by **Alex** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 10:32 am

wow ive never even heard of this problem before and now its popping up everywhere! seems very common.

seems like im lucky my liberty hasnt suffered the same problem...YET.

alex