Front Wiper Problem

[Sharti]

My front wipers (driver side) seems to "over extend", hitting the side when its on high, any way to fix this(adjustment screw or something)? Nothing major, just more of a annoying thing :drool: when your driving in the rain.
Thanks all!

[mellissam]

My front wipers (driver side) seems to "over extend", hitting the side when its on high, any way to fix this(adjustment screw or something)? Nothing major, just more of a annoying thing :drool: when your driving in the rain.
Thanks all!

Yep, there was a few posts about this late last year....the gist is that you take off the wiper arm (unscrew bolt), and rotate it slightly (so it clears the A pillar when on). Be careful you don't 'slap' your windshield with the wiper arm...seems the glass can break quite easily....:)

[Ritz]

The wiper arm is attched to the wiper motor via a little geared stub. Remove the nut holding on the wiper arm, carefully pry off the arm, then rotate it one or two teeth counter clockwise and bolt it back on. Make sure it doesn't begin smacking the lower windshield trim on the down stroke as a result of the move. One tooth should do the job without causing problems. I usually mark the "before" and "after" orientation of the arm on the windshield with a grease pencil or non-permanent marker as a sanity check when fiddling with it.

Cheers,

[1saxman]

'Be careful you don't 'slap' your windshield with the wiper arm...seems the glass can break quite easily....'

Oh, a thinly-veiled reference to my little trick, eh?:cry:

You may have trouble seeing the grease pencil mark because of the black area all around the glass at the edge. With a wet windshield, work the wipers then turn off - this will give you the true rest position. Dry it off and put a dot of 'White Out' exactly at the end of the blade, then take the arm loose and put it back one 'notch' lower than the dot. You would do the same kind of marking if you had to remove the arm to get access to the washer nozzle on the driver's side, but normally you would put the arm back like you found it, and wouldn't have to work the wipers first on the wet windshield.

[Ritz]

'Be careful you don't 'slap' your windshield with the wiper arm...seems the glass can break quite easily....'

Oh, a thinly-veiled reference to my little trick, eh?:cry:


Heh. Well, it's not even much of a worry here since you don't need to take the wiper blade off the arm to do the job.

Cheers,

[James Gerber]

Wouldn't 'any' windshield (regardless if it's a VUE or not) be subject to variable forms of damage when it's striked by a small-metallic object at any given force?

[bassplayrr]

Two of my brother's Audis, a '98 A4 and an '03 A4, both had their windshield broken when he wasn't paying attention and let them slap back down when he was cleaning his windows. Seems to me it could happen to any car if one isn't careful.

-Chris

[BobbyP]

Wouldn't 'any' windshield (regardless if it's a VUE or not) be subject to variable forms of damage when it's striked by a small-metallic object at any given force?

Automobile magazine has been having issues with the Toyota FJ windshields. It's taking over a month to get a replacement, and it's the second time they had a problem with it. They're questioning the durability of the glass.

I just put PIAA Super Sporza Winged silicon wiper blades on my VUE and they are utterly silent. The factory wipers were just too noisy.

http://www.tirerack.com/accessories-piaa-super_sporza_splr_bk.shtml

[Ritz]

Wouldn't 'any' windshield (regardless if it's a VUE or not) be subject to variable forms of damage when it's striked by a small-metallic object at any given force?

Yup. I did this to my 911 a few years back.

Cheers,