Jus thought I d share this as my old zed had very noisey wipers , thought it was the wiper blades on the screen , but when I lifted them up the noise was there from the n/side pivot, which was groaning like hell. i removed the long scuttle panel after removing the wiper arms, then popped the linkage off from the motor to the centre pivot then undid the six retaining screws holding both the left and right pivots in place - then with the link rod between the two pivots still attached , slid /wiggled the whole assy out via the gap below where the drivers side pivot sits. Having inspected the left hand pivot I found it was rusted and siezed , so sprayed loads of wd40 over it and prized out the snap ring that holds the pivot assy together off, and then twisted the pivot mount untill it came off the pivot shaft, a good clean up with a fine file and some sand paper got rid of the rust and then a good coating of silicone grease on the shaft did the trick , fully reassembled and back on the car - good as new! cheaper than buying a new linkage assy. :D

Jus thought I d share this as my old zed had very noisey wipers , thought it was the wiper blades on the screen , but when I lifted them up the noise was there from the n/side pivot, which was groaning like hell. i removed the long scuttle panel after removing the wiper arms, then popped the linkage off from the motor to the centre pivot then undid the six retaining screws holding both the left and right pivots in place - then with the link rod between the two pivots still attached , slid /wiggled the whole assy out via the gap below where the drivers side pivot sits. Having inspected the left hand pivot I found it was rusted and siezed , so sprayed loads of wd40 over it and prized out the snap ring that holds the pivot assy together off, and then twisted the pivot mount untill it came off the pivot shaft, a good clean up with a fine file and some sand paper got rid of the rust and then a good coating of silicone grease on the shaft did the trick , fully reassembled and back on the car - good as new! cheaper than buying a new linkage assy. :D

 

Thanks for that information - most useful! :)

 

Further to the above, most Zeds I see have wiper arms in dire need of replacement (either pealing paint or no paint at all). The easiest (and indeed cheapest) way to remedy the situation is to (a) rub down the wiper arms with sandpaper and (b) spray them with matt black spray paint. Should be easy while you've got the arms off for the above procedure anyway!

 

HTH

 

Dan

when you say noisy Kenny do you mean squeaking or ?