Squeaky Wipers

cadey110 · 24-11-2009 4:55pm #1

Hi all, I drive a 06 Land cruiser and have had squeaky wipers for a while now. I thought that when I replaced them that the problem would go away but I put new ones on today and they are still squeaking. Any ideas on whats causing this? Its doing me nut in at the minute!!

Anan1 · 24-11-2009 5:00pm

Try thoroughly cleaning both the wiper blades and the windscreen?

jameshayes · 24-11-2009 5:02pm

Washing up liquid. Loads of it. Then some WD40

biko · 24-11-2009 5:09pm

Clean the windscreen and wipers with pure white vinegar. Put a cup of it in the washer reservoir too.

cadey110 · 24-11-2009 5:10pm

Magnus wrote: »

Clean the windscreen and wipers with pure white vinegar. Put a cup of it in the washer reservoir too.

Cheers Magnus, I just put on new wipers today and am still having the squeaking. I will try the vinegar tho.,

kermitpwee · 24-11-2009 5:16pm

Ya i'm having the same problem. I bet yours are Bosch?

cadey110 · 24-11-2009 5:18pm

kermitpwee wrote: »

Ya i'm having the same problem. I bet yours are Bosch?

Spot on. Did I make a bad choice? Picked them up in Halfords cos I didnt fancy the look of their own brand.

kermitpwee · 29-11-2009 1:01pm

cadey110 wrote: »

Spot on. Did I make a bad choice? Picked them up in Halfords cos I didnt fancy the look of their own brand.

Bosch aint cheap but every set I buy of them squeak! I try to avoid them if I can now.

8vjohn · 29-11-2009 2:05pm

Did you change the blades or the whole arm?

_Kaiser_ · 29-11-2009 2:18pm

cadey110 wrote: »

Spot on. Did I make a bad choice? Picked them up in Halfords cos I didnt fancy the look of their own brand.

I bought a set of their own brand wipers a few weeks back and haven't had any problems so far.

drBill · 29-11-2009 2:25pm

Bit of a long shot given that it's a reasonably new car; but is there any chance it could be the linkage/motor/etc? A friend of mine once tried several sets of blades before discovering that it was the one of the links squeaking. A bit of grease sorted it out.

mickdw · 29-11-2009 2:58pm

Ive never known a new set of blades to squeek as long as the angle of attack to windscreen is correct.
Did you fit just the rubber or the actual blade?

The-Game · 29-11-2009 3:00pm

Does the vinegar not rot the rubber on the blades??

Hal1 · 29-11-2009 4:51pm

I was just looking at a site offering usefull info, then in a section on car tips it had;

To stop windscreen wipers squeaking rub a slice of apple onto the blades.
Contributed by Andrew Atkinson

Taken from here.

WestWicklow1 · 29-11-2009 5:09pm

Hinge the wipers off the windscreen. Start them up. Are they still squeaking?

kermitpwee · 29-11-2009 7:05pm

I have always changed the arm. And no its not the wiper linkage.

Squeaky Wipers

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