Eliminating wiper blade judder — AUDI
Eliminating wiper blade judder on Audi: 12 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: Audi A4 B5 (8D)
📋 Procedure
- Switch on ignition.
- Operate "“touch-wipe function”" and allow wiper arms to move to end position.
- Switch off ignition and take out ignition key.
- Remove wiper blade .
- Insert wiper arm (2) in windscreen wiper setting tool3358 B and secure wiper arm with locking screw (3).
- Compare indicated angle with specified value.
- Apply open-end spanner (24 mm) (item 1) to windscreen wiper setting tool and adjust wiper arm by twisting as required (arrows).
- Loosen locking screw (3) and pull wiper arm (2) out of windscreen wiper setting tool.
- Once again insert wiper arm (2) in windscreen wiper setting tool3358 B and secure wiper arm with locking screw (3).
- Compare indicated angle with specified value.
- If necessary, repeat adjusting and checking procedure until specified value is attained.
- Detach windscreen wiper setting tool and fit wiper blade .
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The figures on this page come from manufacturer workshop documentation and are shown as they are. The page is assembled automatically from that data — it is not written by an AI. The AI works in the chat, where it answers for your specific car. It writes nothing here.
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