Re: Windshield wiper arm puts too much pressure on blade (buckling)
<techman41973@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I have a 97 accord (190K). Over the past 40K miles, I noticed that the
> drivers side wiper blade leaves streaks. I tried replacing the blade
> from a Trico to a Honda stock. Still the same problem.
> Recently I noticed that the blade is buckling in certain parts as if
> there is too much pressure from the arm. There is no such buckling on
> the passenger blade which continues to wipe fine.
> Is there some way to adjust the pressure of the wiper arm on the blade?
> This problem may have something to do with getting a new winshield a
> year ago. However, I am not sure if this problem was happening before
> that.
> Thanks
>
I doubt there is any adjustment.
Did you replace just the rubber blade or the entire wiper frame? If just
the rubber, go back to the dealer and get the entire frame with rubber.
Swap passenger side & driver side wipers and see if the problem follows.
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