am i right in thinking if my wiper arm has cracked all i need is a new wiper arm. does the spindle on the motor come with the arm or is it a part of the motor?. should it be a cause of new arm and push it over the spindle or do they come with the arm and i need to work out how to get the spindle off?

silly question i know but this arm only lasted 13 years without being replaced.

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Right, the arm comes off the spindle - it has to in order to remove the motor upon replacing.

On the older models - the wiper arm is bolted in i know for sure.
On the newer ones (looks out the window at mine) I assume that plastic cap prises up and again un-bolts.
Once you have unbolted it - to get the wiper arm off you need to wiggle it from side to side without being too forceful until it loosens, and then gently lift off in the process of wiggling.

I've never heard of someone breaking the glass before now though

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If your issue is that the alloy bush has come apart from the plastic wiper arm it is moulded to, then the answer is yes, all you need is another arm. The motor spindle is a separate part. The alloy bush on the arm is pushed down onto tapered splines on the spindle and held there with a 10mm(?) bolt.

Copious quantities of release fluid helps, as the alloy bush on the arm and the taper splined part of the (steel) spindle all corrode together nicely when plenty of road salt and dampness over years is added into the mix.

I'd squirt the bolt and spindle daily for a few days with WD40 before attempting to undo. Take bolt off, then as Rich says wiggle arm until it comes off the spindle. Don't apply too much force to it, let the WD40 do the work.

I've got a P2 motor with a P3 arm on it, so those bits at least are interchangeable (although the spindle did need cutting down by 6mm as the P3 does not have the water nozzle feeding through the spindle).

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Thanks guys, i do rememeber someone breaking the glass, i just wanted to avoid it.

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yup i have a ph3 so no waterjet. the wiper arm came off easy as it had cracked. like you said lots of salt in there. I have a new wiper arm on order

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They were distinctly different - apart from the length difference, there was no Jap's eye...I mean nozzle hole in the P3 one, it was solid.

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