Biohazard
You can see a few interesting things here: the wiper pivot shaft is pretty long; it goes through the car in 2 layers; a rubber grommet seals out water where the pivot pokes through the outer cowl and a thin white gasket provides a secondary seal at the cabin firewall behind the dash to stop any water trickling down the pivot shaft.
In my case, I think it's pretty clear that the seals wouldn't keep a squirrell out.
Also note the corrosion on the linkage arms. That, too, had to be addressed before attempting reassembly.
I also found it somewhat irritating that whoever shot the paint couldn't even take the time to tape off the wiper arm drive splines. Fail.
You can see a few interesting things here: the wiper pivot shaft is pretty long; it goes through the car in 2 layers; a rubber grommet seals out water where the pivot pokes through the outer cowl and a thin white gasket provides a secondary seal at the cabin firewall behind the dash to stop any water trickling down the pivot shaft.
In my case, I think it's pretty clear that the seals wouldn't keep a squirrell out.
Also note the corrosion on the linkage arms. That, too, had to be addressed before attempting reassembly.
I also found it somewhat irritating that whoever shot the paint couldn't even take the time to tape off the wiper arm drive splines. Fail.
