Old wiper replaced last month during MOT.

 

Old wiper had been missing a good portion of the middle of its 'sweep', leaving a dirty/wet band across the middle of the rear windscreen.

 

New wiper solved this issue, but only for a few days.

 

Now the situation is as bad as before, with the centre 4" of the blade hardly making any contact with the glass and again leaving a dirty arc across the rear windscreen.

 

A dirty 'rainbow' in effect.

 

Any solutions out there?

 

Cheers

 

 

I changed to a bosch one. Seems to do the job

It may just need cleaning though?

Replacement wiper blade quality aside, there's good and bad.

Try giving the glass a good clean with kitchen/bathroom crème cleaner.

It's a lightly abrasive, usually lemon scented product that works wonders to remove surface contamination on hard surfaces like glass.

Most folks just bung a new wiper blade on without cleaning the crap off the glass first, can't expect the wiper to perform miracles.

I think the main problem is the fact that the plastic arm is so weak. All the other stuff mentioned here will still help though. I am thinking of gluing something in to the arm to stiffen it but mostly I just use the door mirrors for reversing . . .

Thanks for the replies.

 

I did give the rear screen a good clean with SWMBO's nail polish remover (acetone) fluid, but the problem persisted.

 

I may give the Bosch wiper a go as it is a royal pain in the, well, you know where...

Edited 26 February, 201412 yr by Rab-k