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[Wayne]

YOU GUYS ARE ALL INSANE! HA HA HA  

i come on here for friendly advice and its like Jongleurs in here!  

[spurno]

Who?

[Taxi_Driver]

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.

That'll be the reason then  

Bosch wipers arent as flexible as Vx wipers.

[Taxi_Driver]

.....

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.

At least i havent gone totally off topic this time  

[Jimbob]

Rear Estate wiper MUST be original, others just do a poor job.
Also found the vauxhall genuine front ones both clean better and last longer than any of Halfords, Bosch, Champion.
And even better a new set is about a tenner on trade club, so replace all ours at least yearly at price, don't put up with squeak or judder anymore

[spurno]

just noticed mine doesn't clear high level brake light.i replaced driver's side with a champion one and that cleans perfect.

[Wayne]

i have always had Bosch wipers, the rear one has been replaced every year, but now it doesnt wipe properly as i stated

i believe it just MUST be the arm itself on the rear wiper system

[Jimbob]

maybe bosch have changed the design, I bought one at the start of the year, 1-2 months later it was in the bin, replaced with a Vauxhall one (which is also cheaper   )  and never looked back.

[davlad22]

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

Yours is an estate, most of them do this. It's annoying, but possible to get right with a bit of faffing!

Firstly, I would remove the whole arm and give a damn good clean in the kitchen sink, the spring gets crudded up where it mounts and it seems to be less 'pliable'. Give the blade a good wash and brush, again, it gets stiff where the 'pivot' points are (replace if necessary). Then i'd give all the joints on the blade a good old flexing past their usual travel to free them up. Make sure it's nice and dry then apply a drop of oil on all joints. Refit, hope for the best and get ready to do it again a couple of months down the line!   (Stand and admire the rusty rear wiper arm as well   )

.....and only buy genuine VX wipers. Others don't work. Cheap on Trade Club as well  

[hotel21]

Off topic replies have been moved to [link=http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1190588461]This Thread[/link]

[spurno]

maybe bosch have changed the design, I bought one at the start of the year, 1-2 months later it was in the bin, replaced with a Vauxhall one (which is also cheaper   )  and never looked back.

didn't need the wiper then.