Electrics: Windscreen wiper arms

[gmonag]

Can someone help me out please? I've just had the wiper linkage out to ease it (it was seizing and wiping very slowly). Now I can't work out which wiper arm goes on which spindle and which blade goes on which arm! They are all different lengths.
Anyone know?

2005 163hp D5 Exec

[colinbos]

From the front of the car.

The largest arm goes on the right - with the smallest wiper, and the smallest arm goes on the left - with the largest wiper

[gmonag]

So, driver side, short arm/long blade, passenger side, long arm/short blade? That seems to work. Thanks

[colinbos]

Thats it.

[owenfackrell]

Just to say mine started to go slow and only the second time of me noticing it the drivers side sized solid which caused the casting next to it to snap.

[gmonag]

I think I only just caught it in time. One of the spindles was pretty solid and had to be driven out with a drift. I cleaned them up with a wire wheel and reassembled with some lubrication and now all is as it should be.

[aland]

Originally Posted by owenfackrell

Just to say mine started to go slow and only the second time of me noticing it the drivers side sized solid which caused the casting next to it to snap.

I had this a few years ago, had to replace the wiper assembly with a new £ouch part from Volvo.

[owenfackrell]

Originally Posted by aland

I had this a few years ago, had to replace the wiper assembly with a new £ouch part from Volvo.

I fitted a second hand one after making sure that the arms were free and greased. £30