Ok, I noticed that my wipers were floppy, and so I took out the mechanism.

 

I found the problem, the joint where the arm meets the motor is loose. (See photo) It seems like it's a little to big. I don't know what normally holds the are equidistant from the shaft. Is it the white cap? That looks broken.

 

If it's just the white cap, can I pick that up at any autoparts store?

 

Thanks again for your time.

 

That's an establishing shot if you need it. =)

 

That's the cap that is broken.

 

That's the hole (ring) that is to big for the shaft, that makes the wipers fly off the windshield. =)

I looked all over for thoes as I have the same problem. I found that you can't buy just the white plastic part you have to buy the whole arm ( please correct me if im wrong... i would like to buy a few ) so I went to the pull-n-save and found the whole arm off a junked car. cost me a buck.

Correct. You have to buy the whole arm.

Someone on NASIOC reported buying similar replacement bushings for Chrysler vehicles, available in parts stores under "HELP" brand, and adapting them to fit.

Someone on NASIOC reported buying similar replacement bushings for Chrysler vehicles, available in parts stores under "HELP" brand, and adapting them to fit.

 

Thanks for the tip. I looked over at NASIOC and wasn't a member, so I couldn't search. Can you link us to the thread over there?

 

Thanks

Found it: http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9953704&postcount=28

Found it: http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9953704&postcount=28

 

Awesome, thanks for the help AVK,

 

I'll pick it up on the way home, and let you know what I break. =)

Awesome, thanks for the help AVK,

 

I'll pick it up on the way home, and let you know what I break. =)

 

I went to three auto parts stores, and found one package of the bushings.

I'm not sure, but I think the Impreza and Legacy wiper arm holes might not be the same size.

 

The bushings fit, but they don't hold the arm on tightly. So I pinched the plastic up some, and they won't jump off when I hit a bump.

 

But the fact that I can find so many different kinds of replacement wiper bushings for other car companies, makes me think I should be able to find one for the Outback.

 

But for now, the wipers are somewhat reigned in.

 

In the process I saw where someone tried to break into my passenger side door. They pried the gutter open a little bit. I guess they thought it was the door, and wanted my GPS. I'll hide it from now on.

Thanks for the update. On the photos, the two flattened ends with a hole for the socket look very much the same, but who knows. Maybe the original author met with the same problem and put on a tie wrap because of it. I used to think it was there to squeeze the tabs when installing the socket into the hole.

Hope you'll fix it for good, one way or another.

A update for you guys.

 

We thought we fixed it. It rained, they worked for 20 min, then broke.

 

So just a couple of questions.

 

1. are you sure I can't get subaru wiper bushings somewhere? It seems that if you can get Toyota and Ford bushings, you could get Sub.

2. Junkyards here in TN don't have many Outbacks. Can anyone recommend an online place to get the wiper assembly.

try here

 

https://www.subarugenuineparts.com/oe_parts_cat.html

 

i had to get a entire assembly for my subaru and i let my dealer install it, working like a charm.