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Any guides to remving the rear wiper blade?
Had a look in the DIY section, unless im blind

i dont think there is one, but its DEAD easy

open the boot and look at the inside of the hatch, theres two torx screws in the handles, unscrew them

the plastic casing is now only held on by plastic clips which run all along the edge of it, thier easy but delicate to unclip so be careful (should be around 6-8 of them?)

once the casings off you'll be looking at the wiping arm motor, its secured by three screws (possibly torx screws again, cant exactly remember), unscrew them

then look for the white plastic tube which is connected to it, thats the tube for the washer fluid,. it's tricky to get off the motor,, so i just cut it off

this tube needs to be folded on itself, cable tied, taped,, do whatever you've gotta do to it to stop any chance of fluid coming out if you accidently press the rear washer fluid button

after the 3 screws and washer tube is free of the motor you now need to be looking at the outside of the hatch

Simply pull the plastic cover off the wiper arm where it meets the hatch body and it'll reveal a large bolt,

unscrew that, the wiper arm will come off and the motor is totally free of the hatch!!

now you've got a hole in the screen which can be covered up by a grommet purchased from halfords for about 50p, i think its a 25mm grommet but dont quote me!

to ensure the grommet is water tight run a layer of silicone sealant around the edge on the inside,

re-attach the plastic casing on the inside and your sorted!!!

its probably quite hard to understand all this without pictures, i'll have a search now to see if i can find any for you


hope this helps

theres another picturesless guide

http://www.tigerstyle.co.uk/poloforum/v ... ht=grommet

and another

http://www.tigerstyle.co.uk/poloforum/v ... ht=grommet

theres a guide which pics for the 6N, not exactly the same but you may get an idea

http://premium1.uploadit.org/ollieryan/ ... emoval.pdf

had a quick look, now thinking about i'm sure there's a guide which pics somewhere, because it's what i used to do mine!!! cant find it anywhere though

is doing this an mot failure ? if not ill go do it today cause my rear window washer dont work so may aswell take it off lol

Nope its fine, if you havent got one then they cant fail u for it not working or anything like that!

Loads of cars dont have rear window wipers, mine sailed thru after i removed mine! u just need a grommett to plug the hole up, and i would seal it from the inside alittle aswell!

oh right awesome well my rear wiper jet doesnt work anyway so ill just take it off when the sun comes out get a grommet from work and silicone it in thanks