#331 of 489 Re: Windshild wipers [kubby] by moonshadow Nov 02, 2004 (11:32 am)
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Two things.
1. The actual blade has slipped out of the wiper and needs replacing or reinserting if the lock clip is still present.
2. The wiper arm has slipped on the spline at the base of the window. The arm is set on a tapered splined shaft to hold it in position.
Open the hood, lift/tilt the black cap at the end of the wiper arm out of the way. Position the wiper in the parked position and tighten the nut but, not too hard. Try it out, all speeds, throw some water on the glass to simulate real use conditions. You may have to tweak it a bit(trial and error), so that it does not overshoot or hit at the base when parked.
The spline is made of steel and the arm of aluminum so that the arm wears and not the spline.
If the spline is plugged, you may have to clean it. If it wears/slips a lot, the taper on the arm gets to large and cannot be tightened and a new arm is needed. Takes a lot of wear but if it has just slipped then you will OK.
Get it fixed fast because if it gets to far out of sync, then it will hit the other arm and then you'll be talking big bucks.
cheers
Isn't it weird that the driver side blade always wears out first. hehe
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