WIPER BLADES

[samuria]

have fitted some new wiper blades!!!!! but they dont clear the screen to well and leaves streeks. do you have to bend them in anyway???? thanks

[aupickup]

use the flat blade type

i guess you used the tex curved ones

[bmcecosse]

The 'chrome' or 'stainless' ones are often next to useless.

[aupickup]

agreed roy

i found some flat types at an auto jumble with the right fitting can not remember what make of car they were for but was not a minor

[samuria]

yes they are the stainless tex ones??? may sound daft but what are the flat ones? have you a photo please ? thanks

[mike.perry]

These seem to work, not sure what make they are[frame][/frame]

[aupickup]

the tex ones i have had are useless

[MarkyB]

There needs to be some pressure from the arms.
Otherwise whatever you fit is mostly waving around in front of the screen.

A small amount of bending the arm to accommodate tired arm springs is OK, but if they are knackered no amount of bending will fix them.

[bmcecosse]

But also the stainless/chrome ones seem to be inflexible - and the rubber blade is wrong in some way. I have in the past fitted a standard rubber blade into a stainless frame and had some success!

[aupickup]

i have genuine lucas arms on mine, and the repro stainless blades do not work properly
they are not flexible enough as bm says
you need to scource some flat blades and these work supberbly

[samuria]

mine is the clap type. what is the correct blade lenght? thanks

[taupe]

10"

[mike.perry]

If you fit adjustable arms and stagger them slightly you can fit 12 in blades and greatly reduce the unswept triangle in the middle of the screen

[samuria]

thanks for that folks

[MColes]

If you fit adjustable arms and stagger them slightly you can fit 12 in blades and greatly reduce the unswept triangle in the middle of the screen

Yep I got a 12 inch ones