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Hello

Is there a site where I can find the size wiper blades that I need
for my '01 CRV? Front and rear blades.

And tips to change them would help me. I'm not quite sure I
understand how to remove the old and add the MUCH needed 3 new
ones.

Thank you all.

Amber <user@domain.invalid> wrote in news:49911f20$0$31204
$8f2e0ebb@news.shared-secrets.com:

> Hello
>
> Is there a site where I can find the size wiper blades that I need
> for my '01 CRV? Front and rear blades.



Your friendly Honda dealer. The rubber refills are about $5 each, and work
better an any aftermarket.



>
> And tips to change them would help me. I'm not quite sure I
> understand how to remove the old and add the MUCH needed 3 new
> ones.



Do you still have your Owner's Manual? It's all in there.



--
Tegger

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
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In article <49911f20$0$31204$8f2e0ebb@news.shared-secrets.com>,
Amber <user@domain.invalid> wrote:

> Hello
>
> Is there a site where I can find the size wiper blades that I need
> for my '01 CRV? Front and rear blades.
>
> And tips to change them would help me. I'm not quite sure I
> understand how to remove the old and add the MUCH needed 3 new
> ones.
>
> Thank you all.

I've had superb luck with OEM Honda refills, FWIW, and less than stellar
luck with aftermarket.

On 2/10/09 12:30 AM, in article
49911f20$0$31204$8f2e0ebb@news.shared-secrets.com, "Amber"
<user@domain.invalid> wrote:

> Hello
>
> Is there a site where I can find the size wiper blades that I need
> for my '01 CRV? Front and rear blades.
>
> And tips to change them would help me. I'm not quite sure I
> understand how to remove the old and add the MUCH needed 3 new
> ones.
>
> Thank you all.

I find the ones the dealer sells last about twice as long as any of the
aftermarket ones, including the more expensive Bosch & Rain X. If you just
want to know the size, any place that sells wipers, including even Walmart,
will have a chart that gives the lengths for virtually every car on the
road.

If you intend to change the whole thing, directions are on the box with the
new ones.

If you just get the rubber refills, grasp the rubber at the bottom end and
pull. It will slide out. Then transfer the metal stiffeners to the new
rubber and slide it back in the way it came out & pull it into the lock
position at the bottom (sort of important as they'll fly off otherwise).

In article <C5B6ECC4.2274%epmeyer50@msn.com>,
"E. Meyer" <epmeyer50@msn.com> wrote:

> If you just get the rubber refills, grasp the rubber at the bottom end and
> pull. It will slide out. Then transfer the metal stiffeners to the new
> rubber

WARNING WARNING:

carefully remove the metal stiffeners and remember which side of the
insert they went into and which orientation (that is, which end was
"up"), and BE SURE that you put them into the replacement inserts *the
same way*.

If you don't, you'll think something's wrong--because the bend in the
stiffeners will be wrong, and they'll be pulling the rubber AWAY from
the windshield.

"Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote in
news:elmop-8A8C49.21125710022009@mara100-84.onlink.net:

> In article <C5B6ECC4.2274%epmeyer50@msn.com>,
> "E. Meyer" <epmeyer50@msn.com> wrote:
>
>> If you just get the rubber refills, grasp the rubber at the
>> bottom end and pull. It will slide out. Then transfer the
>> metal stiffeners to the new rubber
>
> WARNING WARNING:
>
> carefully remove the metal stiffeners and remember which side
> of the insert they went into and which orientation (that is,
> which end was "up"), and BE SURE that you put them into the
> replacement inserts *the same way*.
>
> If you don't, you'll think something's wrong--because the bend
> in the stiffeners will be wrong, and they'll be pulling the
> rubber AWAY from the windshield.

Thank you and E. Meyer.

I appreciate your help and information.

"Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote in
news:elmop-8A8C49.21125710022009@mara100-84.onlink.net:

> In article <C5B6ECC4.2274%epmeyer50@msn.com>,
> "E. Meyer" <epmeyer50@msn.com> wrote:
>
>> If you just get the rubber refills, grasp the rubber at the bottom
>> end and pull. It will slide out. Then transfer the metal stiffeners
>> to the new rubber
>
> WARNING WARNING:
>
> carefully remove the metal stiffeners and remember which side of the
> insert they went into and which orientation (that is, which end was
> "up"), and BE SURE that you put them into the replacement inserts *the
> same way*.
>
> If you don't, you'll think something's wrong--because the bend in the
> stiffeners will be wrong, and they'll be pulling the rubber AWAY from
> the windshield.



If the steel inserts are FLAT, it doesn't matter which way they go.

If the inserts are CURVED,
the DRIVER's side has the middle of the bow facing TOWARDS the glass;
the PASSENGER's has the middle of the bow facing AWAY from the glass.

The driver's side should appear to bend the wrong way (opposite the curve
of the glass rather than following the curve) when that wiper is manually
pulled away from the surface of the glass..

--
Tegger

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

On 2/11/09 4:02 AM, in article Xns9BAF333CB9EEDtegger@208.90.168.18,
"Tegger" <invalid@invalid.inv> wrote:

> "Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote in
> news:elmop-8A8C49.21125710022009@mara100-84.onlink.net:
>
>> In article <C5B6ECC4.2274%epmeyer50@msn.com>,
>> "E. Meyer" <epmeyer50@msn.com> wrote:
>>
>>> If you just get the rubber refills, grasp the rubber at the bottom
>>> end and pull. It will slide out. Then transfer the metal stiffeners
>>> to the new rubber
>>
>> WARNING WARNING:
>>
>> carefully remove the metal stiffeners and remember which side of the
>> insert they went into and which orientation (that is, which end was
>> "up"), and BE SURE that you put them into the replacement inserts *the
>> same way*.
>>
>> If you don't, you'll think something's wrong--because the bend in the
>> stiffeners will be wrong, and they'll be pulling the rubber AWAY from
>> the windshield.
>
>
>
> If the steel inserts are FLAT, it doesn't matter which way they go.
>
> If the inserts are CURVED,
> the DRIVER's side has the middle of the bow facing TOWARDS the glass;
> the PASSENGER's has the middle of the bow facing AWAY from the glass.
>
> The driver's side should appear to bend the wrong way (opposite the curve
> of the glass rather than following the curve) when that wiper is manually
> pulled away from the surface of the glass..