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| Ashbyandy Member Since: 17 Dec 2015 Location: Leicestershire Posts: 223   
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Are you using Britpart wiper spindle boxes, as a friend of mine had exactly the same issue. Ended up replacing with genuine Landrover ones, problem solved. We experimented with both spindles in our hands, and could just pull the wiper arms off the cheep ones, but couldn’t on the LR ones. Just an idea,
Ashbyandy 👍 |
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10th Nov 2021 6:39pm |
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| excossack Member Since: 22 Feb 2012 Location: North West Posts: 5850  
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I am not using Britpart spindle boxes, but splined adapters (at the end of the spindles) from Britpart. 1999 Defender TD5 110
Regards John M0VAZ Econet Station 48 no clock |
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10th Nov 2021 8:09pm |
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| Ashbyandy Member Since: 17 Dec 2015 Location: Leicestershire Posts: 223
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It was the splined adapters that just wouldn’t hold the wiper arm on, the LR ones did. Showed him your first message tonight, and had to have a laugh, not at you, but at the same saga he went through. I really think it’s the splined adapters at fault. Hope you get it sorted 👍
Andy |
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10th Nov 2021 10:43pm |
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| excossack Member Since: 22 Feb 2012 Location: North West Posts: 5850
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Cheers Andy. Time to order some Gen LR ones. 1999 Defender TD5 110
Regards John M0VAZ Econet Station 48 no clock |
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11th Nov 2021 9:01am |
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| excossack Member Since: 22 Feb 2012 Location: North West Posts: 5850
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New splines ordered. Lets hope these last. I lost the drivers side wiper twice tonight on the way home. Now I have no more spares
 as they are both in the middle of an A road in Wales! 1999 Defender TD5 110
Regards John M0VAZ Econet Station 48 no clock |
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13th Nov 2021 9:56pm |
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| excossack Member Since: 22 Feb 2012 Location: North West Posts: 5850
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How far in should the splines sit inside the end of the wiper arm?
Looking at the splined adapter there is a groove, should the little clip thing on the wiper arm sit into this? 1999 Defender TD5 110 Regards John M0VAZ Econet Station 48 no clock |
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17th Nov 2021 2:36pm |
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| Ashbyandy Member Since: 17 Dec 2015 Location: Leicestershire Posts: 223
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Hello excossack,
We thought the same, but they don’t go on that far. Push them as far down as possible then drop the arms on to the windscreen. My friend had no more trouble after he fitted genuine LR spindle adaptors, I hope it sorts yours out as well, Cheers Ashbyandy 👍 |
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17th Nov 2021 5:55pm |
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| excossack Member Since: 22 Feb 2012 Location: North West Posts: 5850
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I have the genuine spindle adapters now. Looking at the wear marks on the splines in the wiper arm, I am less the half way in/engaged and the little tab/hook on the wiper arm does not sit in groove.
I think some time spent with a small screw driver removing the excess powder coating/paint is in order. Getting fed up with each time it rains the arm falls off.... 1999 Defender TD5 110 Regards John M0VAZ Econet Station 48 no clock |
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18th Nov 2021 8:15am |
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| excossack Member Since: 22 Feb 2012 Location: North West Posts: 5850
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Hopefully solved. I used the vice in the shed and slowly pressed the splined adapter in and then removed a couple of times to help remove excess paint. Now the splined adapters now sit better and the little clip on the wiper arm now sits in the groove 1999 Defender TD5 110
Regards John M0VAZ Econet Station 48 no clock |
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18th Nov 2021 2:15pm |
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