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Originally Posted by Laird Scooby
Congrats on the pass for the Exxon Valdez - isn't it amazing how wiper blades stay put for 364 days then on MoT day suddenly make a bid for freedom? Had exactly the same happen myself, managed to get it to stay where it was long enough to pass the test then bought a new pair on the grounds that if one has done it, the other is likely to soon as they were replaced as a pair.
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What happened was that the entire arm decided to slip on the splined spindle and described an arc from the bonnet to a point approximately 6" above the scuttle. My first thought was that the cable had snapped so decided to remove the arm and if that was the case, present the car with one working windscreen wiper - if it isn't fitted it can't be tested after all!
Checking the function revealed that it was simply a case of re-locating the arm and tightening up the nut that secures the arm to the spindle.