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  • Re: Windshield wiper chatter

    From Xeno@21:1/5 to The Real Bev on Fri Feb 24 18:08:02 2023
    On 24/2/2023 5:21 pm, The Real Bev wrote:
    It doesn't look or feel old.  Why does it do this?   I usually just replace them (SoCal -- it hardly ever rains here) when they start to
    tear.  Is there any reason to choose a beam type rather than the conventional type?

    Wiper blades sometimes chatter when they are not at right angles to the
    glass. The rubber insert has to flip flop over when they change
    direction and adopt a dragging wiping motion. If the blade cannot flip,
    it will adopt a forward wedging (chiselling) action on the glass in one direction, especially in the presence of road grease. What I do is get a
    4" adjustable wrench and fit it around the thin part of the wiper arm,
    then use it as a lever to square up the arm near where it attaches to
    the wiper blades assembly. If the arm is painted, a piece of cotton
    cloth between the adjustable wrench jaws and the painted arm section
    will prevent scuffing.

    Oh, and don't forget to try cleaning the glass first.

    HTH

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    Xeno


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  • From The Real Bev@21:1/5 to All on Thu Feb 23 22:21:34 2023
    It doesn't look or feel old. Why does it do this? I usually just
    replace them (SoCal -- it hardly ever rains here) when they start to
    tear. Is there any reason to choose a beam type rather than the
    conventional type?

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  • From Paul in Houston TX@21:1/5 to The Real Bev on Fri Feb 24 17:03:53 2023
    The Real Bev wrote:
    It doesn't look or feel old.  Why does it do this?   I usually just
    replace them (SoCal -- it hardly ever rains here) when they start to
    tear.  Is there any reason to choose a beam type rather than the
    conventional type?

    Ozone and UV destroy wiper blades.
    Try to keep them out of the sun light as much as possible.

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  • From The Real Bev@21:1/5 to Xeno on Sat Feb 25 14:44:19 2023
    On 2/23/23 11:08 PM, Xeno wrote:
    On 24/2/2023 5:21 pm, The Real Bev wrote:
    It doesn't look or feel old.  Why does it do this?   I usually just
    replace them (SoCal -- it hardly ever rains here) when they start to
    tear.  Is there any reason to choose a beam type rather than the
    conventional type?

    Wiper blades sometimes chatter when they are not at right angles to the glass. The rubber insert has to flip flop over when they change
    direction and adopt a dragging wiping motion. If the blade cannot flip,
    it will adopt a forward wedging (chiselling) action on the glass in one direction, especially in the presence of road grease.

    I think that's it. It only chatters one way. I didn't replace that one
    when I replaced the long one because it was on the passenger side and
    just didn't need replacing. I suspect stiffness is the problem. I
    should have replaced it two weeks ago. We actually NEED them now!

    I used to buy Tripl-Edge, but now they only do them mail order. Or they
    may even be out of business, which is a shame. I used those for many
    years and they went to the knackers along with the Sentra that couldn't
    pass smog tests any more.

    No complaint about the Rain-X beam I bought at Walmart for the driver side.

    Opinion on beam vs conventional?

    What I do is get a
    4" adjustable wrench and fit it around the thin part of the wiper arm,
    then use it as a lever to square up the arm near where it attaches to
    the wiper blades assembly. If the arm is painted, a piece of cotton
    cloth between the adjustable wrench jaws and the painted arm section
    will prevent scuffing.

    Oh, and don't forget to try cleaning the glass first.

    It's kind of amazing how cheap windshield washer fluid is. Until I
    bought the 2013 Corolla I never had a working washer :-)

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