Can the plastic linkage sockets be removed without breaking them? I have a worn one on my car and a good one on a spare linkage that I would like to swap for it. Are replacement items fitted differently to factory fitted ones perhaps?

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Felt sure this would be in the archives, but am unable to narrow results for efficient research as keywords in the search box are always treated as an "or" rather than "and". Very frustrating. Am I missing something here?

You mean the little black round plastic things that hold the arms together??

If so then they are just pushed on a ball, you can lever them out carefully with a flat blade screw driver. Be careful though, they can break quite easy. hope thats the bit your on about.

There are two sizes and the come out differently. If it has a small tag on it then lift the tag and swivell. If no tag they need to be carefully squeezed to pop them out.

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i thought he wanted the actually bit off the, the swivel ones come off the same way don't they?? i did change them all on my sei once when they broke but was a long time ago

I'm not referring to the swivel out type, that would be too easy! I think they must be the squeeze and pop type then. The plastic isn't very squeezable. Tried squeezing one of the broken ones and it pretty quickly caved in. Can't remove the remainder of it with the grip I can get on it. Seems hard, brittle plastic (possibly got that way with age of course). I have to ask myself whether we are talking about the same thing, so I've attached a photo of one.

That picture should be a swivel one, the wee slot in the arm is where the lug went.

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This type does not have a lug, I promise. I have attached a picture to show the bottom of the part, to show no damage.

The part appears to be a single moulding with a healthy 3mm lip over the circumference of the hole; pretty sure the plastic won't distort enough to remove with a squeeze. I thought it could be a one off, hence I went to the scrap yard earlier and got exactly the same thing on that Cinqucento. The hole is a red herring in this case!

Brighter picture attached, for clarity.

Complete red herring indeed. I've just taken one to bits to find out how it works, and I think its moulded in there. Its the same arm as the swivel one, the jagged hole is pressed in it too. I am guessing its the whole arm that needs replacing, not just the socket.

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Good. Then we agree I am buggered if it rains! If only it were the passenger side that failed. It's never the passenger side.

Cheers for prompt help guys. One for the archives.

Convert to single wiper using the scrap yard bits.

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i swear i changed mine before but i did go to scrappies so perhaps i did just swap the arm over. Which is easy enough, or as siad, single wiper would look cool