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[Wayne]

i just replaced my windscreen wiper blade as the last one i thought was knackered

after buying the new one, there is no diference..
my problem is that when the wiper blade goes from left to right, it misses a section of the actual glass!
its really bizarre!
i have tried bending the arm so that it puts more pressure on the glass but it makes hardly any difference
if you watch it in motion, it goes left to right and then sort of lifts up by about 1cm which is then missing the rear glass!

anyone else come across this?

[Dazzler]

Change the wiper arm assy, as this sounds like a spring tension problem. Go get one from the breakers yard Only one nut, job done.

[Taxi_Driver]

Yep i agree with Dazzler, my rear wiper was doing the same.....weak spring  

Altho I would get a new one from dealer.....they arent that much and a 2nd hand one might either be the same or not last very long before that does the same  

[Pitchfork]

I agree
Part is 90457809
Cost (from memory circa £24 inc VAT)
IW

[Danny]

melted windscreen??

[Wayne]

Thanks guys!

brilliant, will order it tomorrow, or they may have it on the shelf at my Vauxhall Dealer in Oxford?
i gotta go and pick up some coolant anyway

[Bo Bo]

Had to change mine too, when I got the got the car someone had changed the spring to something that looked like it had come out of pen!

[Bo Bo]

Thanks guys!

brilliant, will order it tomorrow, or they may have it on the shelf at my Vauxhall Dealer in Oxford?
i gotta go and pick up some coolant anyway

Try a breakers, got mine from Timbuk, cost me nowt    

[Pitchfork]

I had to order it from VX dealer in Basingrad, but only took 2 days to arrive
IW

[spurno]

just to add a different slant on things,mine misses on the first sweep but gets it on the way back.

[EddieX]

Mine was OK when I bought the car, but I thought I'd treat it to new wipers all round (Bosch).

Now it misses the high brake light area completely.  

I can hear you all thinking "If it ain't broke, dont fix it." allready.    

Eddie.

[Andy B]

.....

Now it misses the high brake light area completely.    ......

My windscreen wipers miss my high level brake light too!!      

[El_Swervo]

mine misses both ways? and it sticks out about a foot from the glass? has done this since I washed it last?

[EddieX]

.....

Now it misses the high brake light area completely.    ......

My windscreen wipers miss my high level brake light too!!      

I blame Taxi Driver. He muddied the waters first by talking about his rear screen wiper.

Eddie.

[MartinP]

Mine misses the lower section, but if I draw a pair of eyes, a nose and a mouth a few days after its been washed, it looks like a snowmans head

it makes kids smile