Windscreen wipers clash together

Discussion in 'General Motoring' started by John Hearns, Jan 23, 2006.

  1. John Hearns

    John Hearns Guest

    On my Zafira,
    the windscreen wipers have a bad habit of clashing together near the end
    of the stroke, as if one is sticking to the windscreen.
    It has had a replacement windscreen. I suppose that the wiper arms could
    have been removed and replaced a few notches off on the splines.
    Is there a set procedure for setting them up?
     
    John Hearns, Jan 23, 2006
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  2. John Hearns

    mikeFNB Guest

    yep there is, but the easiest method diy wise, is to turn off the ign when
    the one that is correct is at 12o/c (or at its widest sweep)
    then pop off the other from it's spline and set to the same (mirrored)
    place.

    mike
     
    mikeFNB, Jan 23, 2006
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  3. John Hearns

    me140 Guest

    Park the wipers in the usual place - distance from the bottom of glass to
    first blade is 32mm and to 2nd blade is 88mm.
     
    me140, Jan 23, 2006
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  4. John Hearns

    Alan Guest

    Also, are the blades correct? If they are non-genuine they may be a
    little too long.

    Alan
     
    Alan, Jan 24, 2006
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  5. John Hearns

    John Hearns Guest

    Thankyou. I unbolted the upper wiper arm on Sunday, and repositioned using
    these measurements. Seems to have solved the problem.
     
    John Hearns, Jan 31, 2006
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