techman41973@yahoo.com wrote:
> 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

Lets eliminate the simple problems first.

1. Throughly clean the window to remove any the builtup road grime.
It doesn't take much to make wiper blades jump and grab like crazy, and
it will appear only as a slight radial streak at places along the wiper
radius.

2. Did you replace the wiper assembly or just a rubber wiper insert.
If the latter replace the frame too.

3. Check to be sure the wiper flexes easily and pivots properly.