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PostPosted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 5:27 am    Post subject: Wiper arm length Reply with quote

Hi there,

I have a 1303 1973 LHD, I am put it back and discovered that the arms are different in lenght but the blades are the same 320mm.
I saw that they sell also 380mm blades.
So I am wondering what is the correct position for them, there are no marks for left and right and I was thinking to put the longer arm on the passenger side with the 320mm blade ( no room for the 380mm with the long blade) and the short arm with a 380mm blade in front of the driver ( there should be enough space.

Any ideas ?

Thank you
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 3:59 pm    Post subject: Re: wiper arm lenght Reply with quote

I believe mine are both the same but mine also has a 1971 body instead of a 1973 even though the chassis is a 1973. Smile . When I get home I’ll check just to see.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 13, 2021 5:56 am    Post subject: Re: wiper arm lenght Reply with quote

Any news ?
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 13, 2021 11:38 am    Post subject: Re: wiper arm lenght Reply with quote

Taken from the internet:

The driver side wiper arm usually has a longer link from where it bolts to the wiper transmission to the point where it pivots (if that makes sense). And yah the longer blade goes on the driver side.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 15, 2021 9:27 am    Post subject: Re: wiper arm lenght Reply with quote

So I will use the short arm with the long blade on the driver side and long arm with the short blade on the passenger side.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 16, 2021 1:48 am    Post subject: Re: Wiper arm length Reply with quote

According to my 1302/1303 repair manual they should be stamped L & R...
Oftentimes the stamping is very light and hardly visible especially with repainted wiper arms.

For wiper arm adjustment check out page 7 of this PDF file: http://www.volkswagen-classic-parts.de/repair_manu...95_319.pdf
Complete repair manual here: https://www.volkswagen-classic-parts.de/repairmanual_75_85

I'm no 1303 expert but found a few pics which seem to confirm your approach...

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 16, 2021 2:10 am    Post subject: Re: Wiper arm length Reply with quote

Thank you very much a lot of nice info into the manual....
But looking from the pictures to me looks that, except the police one, the brochure and the other car have the small wipers blade on driver side .
And none of them have the wiper set like the manual:

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 16, 2021 4:06 am    Post subject: Re: Wiper arm length Reply with quote

You got me wondering about the wiper arms I ordered for my car. They are different from left to right. I'm not sure this is what you have, but here's the links ...

https://www.wolfsburgwest.com/cart/DetailsList.cfm?ID=111955407H

https://www.wolfsburgwest.com/cart/DetailsList.cfm?ID=111955408H

The left side is straight and the right side is bent.

The wiper blades I ordered are the same for the left and right.

https://www.wolfsburgwest.com/cart/DetailsList.cfm?ID=113955425D
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 16, 2021 8:32 am    Post subject: Re: Wiper arm length Reply with quote

Dark Earth wrote:
You got me wondering about the wiper arms I ordered for my car. They are different from left to right. I'm not sure this is what you have, but here's the links ...

https://www.wolfsburgwest.com/cart/DetailsList.cfm?ID=111955407H

https://www.wolfsburgwest.com/cart/DetailsList.cfm?ID=111955408H

The left side is straight and the right side is bent.

The wiper blades I ordered are the same for the left and right.

https://www.wolfsburgwest.com/cart/DetailsList.cfm?ID=113955425D


I think that these are for a Standard Beetle so flat screen, mine is a 1303 so curved and bigger screen.

But you help me to solve the mistery, on the same website the list the arms for the 1303 and the small one is for the left and the longer for the right.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 16, 2021 6:13 pm    Post subject: Re: Wiper arm length Reply with quote

maggiolo72 wrote:


I think that these are for a Standard Beetle so flat screen, mine is a 1303 so curved and bigger screen.

But you help me to solve the mistery, on the same website the list the arms for the 1303 and the small one is for the left and the longer for the right.


Ha ha well I'm glad you found your answer. Anxious
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