I have removed and replaced mine by only removing the instrument cover.
Remove the black plastic on the stem by sliding it up and off. Loosen up and
remove the nut and washer. Go inside and with a pair of plyers, pop the stem
out of the wiper transmission. This is NOT easy and you need to have
small/med hands. Be careful not to bend the transmission assembly. Lube the
ball socket (I use SO2 grease) and pop the replacement back in. Again, this
is NOT easy. You will have to use the plyiers to pop it back in the socket.
Bentley shows removing the entire wiper transmission by undoing all the nuts
and bolts holding the transmission in. To access this, you remove the glove
box (or drop open) and slide the transmission out the passenger side. Do not
remove the dash.
I tried this method, but could not remove and slide the %^$# out!

Bill  V.                 "I'd Rather Be Hiking The
'82 CA Westy [FreeBird]       Greater Yellowstone"
"Famous Potatoes"

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> Of Louis Rumanes
> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 8:35 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Wiper Shaft Replacement?
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a broken driver's side wiper shaft on my 89 westy.  I can get at
> it by taking out the instrument panel, but haven't been able to pop the
> shaft off the linkage.  Is there a way to do this without removing the
> dash?  If not, does anyone have any tips on dash removal, and drilling
> out the shear bolts?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Louis Rumanes
>