Installing wiper motor in front passenger side wiper frame — VW

🧭 Before you start

Fits: VW Phaeton (3D)

📋 Procedure

1. Insert wiper motor in wiper frame and secure it with securing bolts.
2. Tighten all threaded connections to torques specified in assembly overview . [Note: After every second switch-off, the wiper motor will run slightly up over its end position (can be seen on change of direction in drive shaft) to an end position which ensures that the lip of the wiper blade is moved in the other direction. This function is called APS (alternating park position) for the wiper blades. This final position may not be used to set the wiper crank. Only the end position should be used in which the wiper motor runs directly into the final position, if necessary operate tip wipe again.A new motor crank must be used if the the motor is renewed.]
3. Place the crank onto the wiper motor shaft as shown in the figure.
4. Adjust the crank to (measurement a).
5. Bolt crank arm to shaft of wiper motor using hexagon nut (arrow).

6. Tighten all threaded connections to torques specified in assembly overview .
7. Reconnect battery .
8. Allow wiper motors to move to park position. Reconnect connectors to wiper motors and operate wiper switch with the ignition switched on to run wiper motors to park position.
9. Disconnect battery .
10. Reinstall the driver and front passenger side wiper frames, the cowl panel and the plenum chamber cover in reverse order to their removal. [Note: The following illustrations show wiper arm installation on the driver side. Installation on the front passenger's side is carried out in the same way.The securing nuts are not tightened until after the windscreen wiper blade park position has been set.]
11. Place the wiper arms in approximate park position on the shafts and tighten securing nuts (arrow) by hand.
12. Reconnect battery .
13. Adjust windscreen wiper blade park position .

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