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  • 09-04-2021 4:21pm
    #1
    BlakeS94
    Registered Users Posts: 985 ✭✭✭


    Passenger side windshield wiper doesn't make contact with my windscreen it misses most of the dirt and water. Checked the assembly and there's no tension at the spring, I can lift the wiper arm up and it'll just stay in place like its seized, drivers side works fine and snaps back onto the window as soon as you let it go. Do I need a new wiper arm for passenger side? The spring isn't rusty looking and I've hit it with wd40 anyway but it didn't do anything


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    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    It the car old? Maybe take it apart and clean it.
    You could try with adding a strong rubber band or something to increase tension.


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    BlakeS94
    Registered Users Posts: 985 ✭✭✭BlakeS94


    biko wrote: »
    It the car old? Maybe take it apart and clean it.
    You could try with adding a strong rubber band or something to increase tension.

    Its a 2013, no rust anywhere in sight around that area on the arms or around them. Its just annoying I can see the section of the windscreen that is never wiped


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    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    How long since you changed the blade? Maybe that alone will help.


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    BlakeS94
    Registered Users Posts: 985 ✭✭✭BlakeS94


    biko wrote: »
    How long since you changed the blade? Maybe that alone will help.

    Blades are a few months old, in perfect condition, the issue is with the hinge where the spring causes the arm to put pressure against the windscreen, its not doing that so when the wiper is in position its barely touching the windscreen, I'd just like to know would I need to replace the arm itself or if anyone has any ideas as to what could help because spraying it with wd40 did nothing


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    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    It's impossible to say without seeing it, but it's rare to change the arm.
    Take it to a mechanic and see what they say.


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    blackbox
    Registered Users Posts: 4,101 ✭✭✭blackbox


    Drop of oil on hinge?


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    CJhaughey
    Registered Users Posts: 14,906 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    Put some oil on the hinge and work it up and down many times, it should free out and start to apply tension again.
    Oil the spring pivots as well where they contact.


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    BlakeS94
    Registered Users Posts: 985 ✭✭✭BlakeS94


    I've oiled the hinge and moved it up and down a few times, no difference, there isn't a spot of rust on the spring or the arm itself


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    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,382 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Off to the scrapyard with you.


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    BlakeS94
    Registered Users Posts: 985 ✭✭✭BlakeS94


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Off to the scrapyard with you.

    The car would break down on the way there


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    TherapyBoy
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 4,302 Mod ✭✭✭✭TherapyBoy


    BlakeS94 wrote: »
    The car would break down on the way there

    While you’re in the scrapyard, get a wiper with a working car attached.

    Moderator: Non Drinkers Group & Grand Theft Auto



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    BlakeS94
    Registered Users Posts: 985 ✭✭✭BlakeS94


    Just to update i ended up removing the wiper arm assembly and just giving it a thorough clean there was some sort of mushy buildup on the underside that you could only see when the wiper arm is off the car, so gave it a good clean, sprayed all the area in and around the spring and hinge with lubricant that I couldn't access with the arm on the car. Installed it on the car again and *snap*. Down onto the windscreen. Like new, its a small win but that wiper missing half the windscreen really annoyed me.


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