Rear wiper help.....turning the wrong way

1. webbo_23 L-plater Joined: Oct 2011 Nottingham Posts: 81 Saxo Desire

   #1 21st October 2012, 14:40

   Hi all
   
   I have just fitted a new boot to my car, connected it all back together etc.
   
   When trying if the rear wiper worked, it rotates the wrong was, i.e. it rotates below the windscreen.
   
   Anyone know what the problem may be?
   
   Thanks
2. ThrushMotorsport Established Member Joined: Jan 2011 Aberdeen Posts: 1092 Turbo Saxo vtr, 2010 Octavia VRS TSI, mk3 Ibiza cu

   #2 21st October 2012, 14:41

   Polarity of the wires maby?
3. mlawlan69 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Sep 2010 leeds Posts: 4389 MCS R53 S/C 16v furiooo

   #3 21st October 2012, 14:42

   lol bet that looks funny.
   the motor is in backwards?
4. webbo_23 L-plater Joined: Oct 2011 Nottingham Posts: 81 Saxo Desire

   #4 21st October 2012, 14:48

   The motor looks in the right way.
   
   And yeh it looks funny lol
5. chinkostu Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2008 The wrong carpark Posts: 5152 Xantia 1.9TD

   #5 21st October 2012, 15:39

   Wiper arms on the wrong side. Take if off and put it so it starts on the other side of the window.
6. webbo_23 L-plater Joined: Oct 2011 Nottingham Posts: 81 Saxo Desire

   #6 21st October 2012, 16:11

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by chinkostu Wiper arms on the wrong side. Take if off and put it so it starts on the other side of the window.

   cheers mate sorted. Made it sound so simple.......thats cause it was lol
7. Manu Saxperience Addict Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 11714 A6 Le Mans tuned/A3 TFSI tuned

   #7 21st October 2012, 16:25

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by chinkostu Wiper arms on the wrong side. Take if off and put it so it starts on the other side of the window.

   rofl. this
8. user_50346 Regular Poster Joined: Feb 2011 Houghton-Le-Spring Posts: 366 C2 vts

   #8 21st October 2012, 19:59

   Super clean number plate ftw !
9. chinkostu Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2008 The wrong carpark Posts: 5152 Xantia 1.9TD

   #9 21st October 2012, 20:39

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by webbo_23 cheers mate sorted. Made it sound so simple.......thats cause it was lol

   Its the small things
10. webbo_23 L-plater Joined: Oct 2011 Nottingham Posts: 81 Saxo Desire

    #10 21st October 2012, 21:30

    indeed it is - sometimes the little things just need pointing out haha
11. user_10473 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2006 Swansea Posts: 4946 Bianca White Peugeot 106 S2 Rallye, Saxo VTS

    #11 22nd October 2012, 09:30

    Cover it in fur, it'd look like a tail.
12. user_38425 Established Member Joined: Oct 2009 Angus, Scotland Posts: 1061 Mk2 Two-Tone VTR

    #12 22nd October 2012, 10:53

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by webbo_23 indeed it is - sometimes the little things just need pointing out haha

    haha yeah, when i first got my quiksilver i didn't even think/know about steering lock and tried for ages to release it thinking id siezed the wheels etc, the penny soon dropped and i felt a fool lol,
    
    
    and to add, i posted up on here about not being able to get my bonnet open as the pin was misaligned, most said angle grinder, basically i was fucked,
    
    
    my uncle who is a mechanic popped up yesterday and simply pushed down and forward, within a second it was released and it seemed to striagten my bonnet up and now it works fine.
13. webbo_23 L-plater Joined: Oct 2011 Nottingham Posts: 81 Saxo Desire

    #13 22nd October 2012, 15:50

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Mike_420 haha yeah, when i first got my quiksilver i didn't even think/know about steering lock and tried for ages to release it thinking id siezed the wheels etc, the penny soon dropped and i felt a fool lol, and to add, i posted up on here about not being able to get my bonnet open as the pin was misaligned, most said angle grinder, basically i was fucked, my uncle who is a mechanic popped up yesterday and simply pushed down and forward, within a second it was released and it seemed to striagten my bonnet up and now it works fine.

    suppose we only learn by making stupid mistakes
14. user_38425 Established Member Joined: Oct 2009 Angus, Scotland Posts: 1061 Mk2 Two-Tone VTR

    #14 22nd October 2012, 17:18

    very true, you always look back and laugh though,
    
    id literally just got my quiksilver and was giving the dash etc a clean when i managed to put the steering lock on, i then spent around half an hour trying to wriggle it free,
    
    when i look back now its one of these things you can't help not laugh at.
    
    
    much like my uncle coming over and popping my bonnet open within a second, when ive been trying for weeks to release it,
15. webbo_23 L-plater Joined: Oct 2011 Nottingham Posts: 81 Saxo Desire

    #15 22nd October 2012, 18:20

    and we call blonde women for these incidents haha