Possible to use passenger side wiper to clear drivers side?

[richard123vmt]

Wipers were slow so I tried to remove driver side wiper to lube shaft, but the nut took off the shaft. I will get a replacement shaft ASAP but wonder if I can remove the driver wiper and relocate the passenger wiper to clear the windshield on the driver's side? I have some tricky driving ahead. I am planning to rain-x the glass. Can the wiper be relocated to use as I have indicated?

[airschooled]

What year car are we talking about? Some kind of Volkswagen bus, I hope I'm assuming you have a '69+ bus, since you said nut on shaft… The dimensions may or may not be the same, (early bays are identical, but late bays are ambiguous on the microfiche,) but the arms will swap left to right in a weather emergency just fine.

Full tutorial on motor and shaft removal here:

http://itinerant-air-cooled.com/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=9136

Pay special attention to this paragraph on here to clean your wiper shaft splines for proper seating of new arms. This applies every time the arms come off. No exceptions:

[SGKent]

there isn't rain in California until mid-to-late week. By then you can have the part and do the job once.
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[airschooled]

[Wildthings]

I am thinking you would have to move the motor from the side to side to do what you are talking about. Not sure there is room to do this and it would certainly be quite the undertaking if it did fit.

[airschooled]

[richard123vmt]

Dont think anyone got my idea which was to make the pass side wiper cover the left. Just the same, I found that the right side nut carefully removed withg solvet this time was able to grab enough thread on the broken shaft to tighten it up fine. Then found another nut which fit the pass side. So I now have a permanent repair. Plus I already did the rain=x treatment.
No rain expected but I am talking about the mountains and not sure when I can cross them. It does look like I can get a shaft from cip1 but now no emergency at all. I would hate to take those hairpin curves with bad visibility. /Thanks for all answers. Unable to get stub out of old nut no how no way so far but small loss.

[SGKent]

[Wildthings]

[richard123vmt]

There is lot of torque on that shaft when the wipers are rotating.

What you are missibg or more likely forgetting is that the wiper arm and thge shaft are splined. So actually there is no torque. But operating it without the nut it is sirely going to fly off pretty soon. Another thing is that the inside of the wiper arm is soft aluminum. So it may be possible to pull if down tight exposing a litttle more shaft. But not with the aluminum nut. It is great the way I have got it.

[SGKent]