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crap wipers not making contact with windscreen
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:46 pm
by Mick
does anybody have any ideas or suggestions for getting my wipers to make better contact with my windscreen? up to around 80kmh drivers side is OKish but passenger side is useless, above 80ish they are both pretty crap
thanks
Re: crap wipers not making contact with windscreen
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2022 10:40 pm
by Errol62
Always been hopeless. The wing things don’t do anything. Thought about stronger springs. But Rainex or just body wax is the best solution. Unfortunately it doesn’t work well with dirty spray off the road.
FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie
Re: crap wipers not making contact with windscreen
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2022 10:58 pm
by Blacky
What are the pivots on the arm like Mick ? they seem to get sticky with age some of them so the spring can't do its job properly - you can bend the arms a bit too which puts more weight on the spring
Re: crap wipers not making contact with windscreen
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2022 1:34 pm
by gledge
Easiest way is to keep it out of the rain
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Re: crap wipers not making contact with windscreen
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2022 8:52 pm
by Mick
Clay, i hate wipers in any car so rainex is usually the go to but for some reason it doesn't work on the EK maybe the chopped screen with sunvisor, the drops ball but fail to blow off
Blacky yeah all good re the pivots i bent the arms today, when i can be bothered i'll take it out and try them now, i did assume it would be springs lost tension
Gledge it would be nice
i've done about 5000ks in the last 4 months (multiple trips Coffs to Sydney return and Coffs to Canberra return) and every f#%kin time it's rained all the way both directions
