Adjusting wiper arm: VW Polo 6C
Step-by-step adjusting wiper arm for the VW Polo 6C: 11 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: VW Polo 6C (2014–2017)
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- The dimension (a) indicates the distance between the tip of the wiper blade and the lower edge of the rear window.
📋 Procedure
- Remove wiper arm .
- Switch on ignition.
- Move wiper lever to "“rear window wipe”" position.
- Switch off ignition.
- Fit wiper arm together with attached wiper blade onto wiper shaft.
- Align wiper blade as follows on rear window: [Note: The dimension (a) indicates the distance between the tip of the wiper blade and the lower edge of the rear window.]
- Tighten wiper arm nut.
- Activate "“rear window wipe”" function on wiper lever, and allow wiper arm to move to its end position.
- Switch off ignition.
- Check wiper arm adjustment again, and correct it if necessary.
- Press cap onto wiper arm.
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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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