hurst2001

Just did mine today bought a new drill bit took half hour to drill out .. What in hell kind of metal it is geez.. Bolt it Thur with nylon lock washer and grease it up works like a charm

843de

Some kind of Kryptonite I think, that's why Superman gets all weak kneeded and wobbly around HHR's.

Glad you got it fixed up Buddy.

blunderbust

2008 HHR, Drivers side wiper stopped wipin'. I used the directions from the first post to get most of the way there (also gave me the confidence to dig around in the first place).

Instead of drilling and bolting, I used a heat gun to soften up the socket then I molded the edges over with a screwdriver to restore the lip of the socket. Let it cool a bit, and snapped the ball back into the socket with considerable force. Some hard tugs would not pop it off again so I feel pretty satisfied with the repair. I will update this post if it fails.

Thanks all for the tips and the help to not spend 150+ to replace the entire transmission for a tiny worn out plastic cup.

the_shmoo

A great BIG THANK YOU for the how to description and pictures in this thread. Just happened to our 07' drivers side this morning and with our great weather here and a #10 machine screw drilled and tapped, in all is good now.

lrodptl

Just fixed my buddy's in about 45 minutes. The pan head stainless screw was a 1 inch 10-32. I had to buy the right bit/tap.so the fix cost about $8. Thanks.

dark_islight

Hey, thanks for the info, just did mine as you can see... https://www.chevyhhr.net/forums/how-...linkage-60678/

LinkX

I am glad that my old post has helped !

Tom Ford

Thanks for the time you took to post the pix about how the linkage should line up after you replace it with a new unit!
I could find this info anyplace else (really helped me out on this Saturday afternoon in 2020)

prod

Mine just went tonight, driving home at midnight in a snowstorm of course
The driver's side arm suddenly stopped at the bottom of travel.
I figured I would find a thread like this.

PittKrewBowling

Did the passenger side also stop? This happened to me and come to find out, the wiper arm nut had worked its way loose. Re-tightened and problem solved.