Hello everybody 'Lurgs' here welcome to my channel and today
it's how to replace a rear wiper arm on your Volkswagen T5 Kombi (VW T5 Kombi),
now I was driving along one day and I activated the front windscreen washers these are actually
in pretty good condition no problems here and then I went to activate the rear ones
Oh horrible scratching sound not touching the glass properly we want it to be like this now it
could be you just need to replace the rear wiper blade in which case skip to the end of this video
but with mine the rear wiper arm had actually broken so I'll show you how to remove it and how
to install the new one, first of all you just need to remove this plastic cover here this just clips
off and pulls away now you can already see the problem with this wiper arm it's actually snapped
got a great big crack in it in the metal and that means that the wiper blade hasn't got any pressure
on it it's not even touching the glass look so this definitely needs replacing and whilst I'm
doing that might as well replace the wiper blade as well just going to spray some WD-40 on this
and then leave that for half an hour and then come back just helps with removing any nuts and there's
a link above now about how to remove the front windscreen washer jet nozzles on a Volkswagen T5.
Take a 13 millimetre spanner and turn this nut anti-clockwise to remove it
this one's coming off quite freely now I can use my finger and thumb just to get this off
now that spline that you can see in the middle should be part of the
wiper arm I'm having real trouble trying to get it off
just need to remove this wiper arm here
I'm gonna have to get a bit more brutal with it just be careful obviously because you've
got the glass window in the back just behind it and talking of windscreen wipers there's a link
above now about what to do if your windscreen washer jets are not working on your Volkswagen,
finally that wiper arm is now off but that metal bit there should be part of the wiper arm, not on
the van so we need to get that off shortly now I did actually go to Volkswagen to order a new wiper
arm and a wiper blade at an extortionate price and I'll tell you what if you go to a well-known
auction site you can get one for about a fifth of this price just make sure you get the right size,
so I've been to Volkswagen to collect
my new wiper arm there's a link above now about how to replace the pollen filter on
your Volkswagen Tt5 this is an annual job and it's really important that you do it,
and that is the old one all looking exactly the same apart from the old ones
rubbish now if we offer it up you can see that metals part on the left that should have come away
because that is what is part of the wiper arm so that we need to get that off now you might have a
bit of trouble getting this off hopefully yours has come off with your wiper arm but this has
been on there for over 10 years so it's probably rusted on so just squirt some more WD-40 in this
and then we'll just try and get this removed
just let this soak in you can try some heat on this that may help it's not actually on
the thread so you can't unscrew it it's kind of pushed in and it's probably rusted on so I'm
just going to give it a wiggle with these pliers 'wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle yeah'
just very gently because obviously you've got the windscreen washer motor behind in on the glass so
don't put too much pressure on it just give it a bit of a wiggle 'wiggle wiggle wiggle wheel yeah'
this one is not really going anywhere just going to help it with a hammer just some light tapping
just to see if I can break a seal there whilst I'm doing that there's a link above about the
fuse box locations and how to check the fuses on your Volkswagen T5 or T6 plus the secret fuse,
had another go with the pliers and this thing is not budging so I've got out my
hacksaw what I'm going to do is I'm just going to saw the top of this off just to weaken it
and then get the pliers back on and try and pull it off
now be careful not to damage the inner spline you only want to cut the top off
it's just going to weaken enough for me to get my pliers on there
come on
yes fabulous brilliant stuff
I'm just going to spray some WD-40 on here
and take an old toothbrush I normally use my wife's toothbrush but I've actually
got an old toothbrush here just to give it a little bit of a clean up
you can see the splines on there
we're going to put the new windscreen wiper arm against that
just push it on as far as it will go it's got like
a bevelled edge on this side so it can't go any further
make sure it's lined up nice and straight exactly where you want it then get that nut on
you can use a bit of grease on that thread just to stop it rusting over time maybe some copper grease
then tighten it up with your 13 millimetre spanner
don't go crazy with this but make sure it is nice and tight
now we're going to fit the wiper blade you could do this before you fitted the wiper arm
it doesn't really make any difference what order you do it in just slide this bracket backwards
then you've got a groove on that wiper blade and it just sits in so just push it against
that metal bar in the middle this is obviously way easier with two hands I'm struggling to film this
and do it with one hand once you've got it lined up in that groove just slide that bracket inwards
and that locks the wiper blade into place
great stuff
that's all looking good
put that up against the glass
it's got good tension it's nice and flat against the glass don't forget to put the cover back on
this just clips in and as you push it towards the van you should just hear it clip home amazingly
I didn't get a new cover it didn't come with the package you'd obviously have to order that
separately now let's try it make sure that rear jet washer nozzle is nice and clear
look at that well happy with that well happy
fabulous, apart from the price as I mentioned earlier you can get that
from a well-known auction site for a fifth of the price of your main Volkswagen dealer
nice and flush against the glass I'll tell you what I think that deserves a cup of tea
after all that hard work!
On the top left there's a link about how to replace the pollen filter on your Volkswagen
T5 Transporter that's an annual job in the top right there's a link on how to remove
the front windscreen washer jet nozzles and in the bottom left the fuse box locations and how
to check the fuses on this Volkswagen T5, I hope that's helped someone out there cheers. 'Lurgs'.