My wife has a 2004 Punto with which she is having problems with the windscreen wipers. The lever that connects the two together keeps popping off on the passenger side. I have contacted my local FIAT dealer who advised that depending on what date the car was built it could have one of two different wiper motor/linkage models. One costs £175 and the other £75. Not sure which ours is yet but I'd still rather pay a lot less than £75 to fix the problem. So I have a couple of questions:

Is this a common fault with a known (cheap) fix?

If not can anyone recommend a good breaker that doesn't charge the Earth?(I've had quotes from several already using the FindAPart service and they're all more than the cheaper FIAT new price for a 2nd hand part ).

Thanks in advance for any help.

Rick.

go to ebay search for "wipex" costs about £30 and solves your problem/// its a modified linkage,

Cheers matey . It looks absolutely ideal. Will these fit all 2004 Puntos? The FIAT dealer reckoned there were two different types of motor/linkage assembly that it could possibly be. Are the linkages the same length?

email the ebay seller, should fit, i dont see why not, and they will know more.

I phoned Wipex direct and asked them and they were 99.9% sure they would fit and offered a full refund if they didn't so I went ahead and bought them. I'll report on how they are when I've received and fitted them. I must say, Ken at Wipex was a very helpful chap. Quite refreshing in this age of zero customer service from most companies.

now that i think of it, can anyone help me? i have already bought the wipex set and think its great, but the bushes that the bolts go through to hold the wiper arms on are very worn on mine, so i still get wiper judder, does anyone have a fix for this???

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bluepunto2 said:

now that i think of it, can anyone help me? i have already bought the wipex set and think its great, but the bushes that the bolts go through to hold the wiper arms on are very worn on mine, so i still get wiper judder, does anyone have a fix for this???

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I have a the same problem
I also bought the Wipex linkage but a couple of days ago the drivers side popped of i took it off and wrapped it in Plumbers PDF tape and it's been great.

But my Passengers side has a lot of movement but not from the linkage conection but from the part that comes after that it is between the linkage and the actual wiper anyone any ideas.

I can move the wiper up and down a couple of inches and the movement is between the linkage and Wiper blade.

If you need more info I will try and get a picture of the part.

Thx

Im Going To Get The Vernier Calipers Out And Have Words With The Guys In Maintainence At Work, Might Even Be A Market For This Kind Of Thing...

If Anyone Has Any Other Ideas Let Me Know

Update:
Fitted the new linkages a few days ago and they are much better than the originals. Really easy to fit if you take the wiper mechanism out first.

now that i think of it, can anyone help me? i have already bought the wipex set and think its great, but the bushes that the bolts go through to hold the wiper arms on are very worn on mine, so i still get wiper judder, does anyone have a fix for this???

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Shims. You can buy very very thin sheets of brass (I think it's brass anyway) and wrap it around the bolt. The problem is that you have a steel bolt going through a plastic sleeve. The plastic will wear away over time allowing more and more movement. The shims will fill in for the worn away plastic.

i thought you were suppost to clean the electrical connection