Wiper efficiency?

[aluncm]

Both my old 4 door and now, my new traveller has wipers that 'skid over the windscreen' so do not take a lot of rain away. We all know they're not the greatest of wipers but how can I get them to stay 'firmer' on the screen?

[stuffedpike20]

Both my old 4 door and now, my new traveller has wipers that 'skid over the windscreen' so do not take a lot of rain away. We all know they're not the greatest of wipers but how can I get them to stay 'firmer' on the screen?

I think 'wiper efficiency' is an oxymoron....like 'military intelligence'.
I asked on here some years ago if anyone knew where I could get some clip on vanes that catch the wind when you are driving, and push the wiper blades onto the screen.
I was ridiculed for asking. People compared them with furry dice, and go-faster stripes etc.But I had a minor with weak wiper arm springs in the 80's ,so I fitted some of those vanes...and they worked brilliantly.
I still don't know where to get some from though.

[King Kenny]

I have not had a decent set of wiper blades for years, both for my Traveller and for the Mrs's modern car. I think that they make them without proper rubber nowadays. In the past I used to buy one 20inch blade and cut it in half and rethread my old arms.

[myoldjalopy]

Try bending the wiper arms a bit so that the wipers are pushed against the screen more firmly?

[Bill_qaz]

If you google wiper aerofoil there are lots of options

[stuffedpike20]

The ones you could get in the 80's had three or four square 'fins' each and clipped perfectly onto the upper part of the wiper arm.
They really did work.

[geoberni]

I bet any Minor 1000 has wipers at least 100% more effective than flat screen MM/Series II ones.
They are probably no improvement over the wipers on a 1920s vehicle; wobbling around on their rubber peg..
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