Rear wiper noise/ judder

[NeilH]

Apologies if this has been covered before - no doubt it has, but I couldn't find anything when searching. :S

What's the best solution for a juddery/ noisy rear wiper? The blade seems in fine condition.

Cheers

[TriggerFish]

Try rotating the blade 180 degrees, fixed mine nicely.

*Edited to remove typos from posting on my phone.*

Edited 11 December, 2010 by TriggerFish

[Fatbloke]

Assuming the glass and blade have been thoroughly cleaned and if it is a conventional wiper it could be that the joints in the blade support have worn and the blade isn't flipping over as it changes direction. You may need a new complete blade rather than just the rubber. It may be that the glass still has a film of grease on it. Have you tried cleaning with a cream based glass cleaner? or I find Cif/Jif effective if you don't have a specific car based cleaner

[DRJ]

Try rotating the blade.180 degrees. fixed.mine.nicely

Ditto - did this on my 2004vRS a while ago and it was still fine when I sold it this July

[NeilH]

Cheers for the input chaps. Will switch the blade 180 degrees tomorrow and see how that goes.

Fatbloke: I've tried cleaning the screen and wiper blade with AutoGlym glass polish in the past - didn't make any difference.

[TDi Vrs]

did the same as above on cleaning and flipping it 180 degrees still the same thinking of going down the aero polo wiper mod