Windshield Wiper Chatter

[photovette]

I have it and I hate it! How do I get rid of it? The windshield was replaced about a year ago and it made no difference. In fact, nothing I've tried has made a difference: disassemble/clean/lubricate the wiper motor, same with the wiper arms. I've also tried various wiper blades; even the $20 ones from Ecklers. I aligned the blades to be perpendicular and true to the windshield. So far nada. What am I missing?

 

[yellow77]

I dont know, but I also will be interested if anyone has fixed it, also, my passenger side wiper does a poor job staying in contact with the windshield during its sweep.


Cheers

Richard

 

[Willis76]

I have similar problems too.

I'm not very optomistic though, because many on this site do not know they have wipers or even if they work.

 

[76okievette]

I am with Willis, I have wipers, know they work, but never use them since the car does not go out in the rain, so sorry no help here.

 

[gedmeyer]

Mine work so that that I can pass state safety inspection every year. I think that's the last time I have used them!

 

[mytoy]

I have a 68 Mustang that I had the same problem, put rain x on the windshield and it went away , hope this may be of some help mytoy

 

[Ken Anderson]

1 word: RainX

 

[motorman]

I have it and I hate it! How do I get rid of it? The windshield was replaced about a year ago and it made no difference. In fact, nothing I've tried has made a difference: disassemble/clean/lubricate the wiper motor, same with the wiper arms. I've also tried various wiper blades; even the $20 ones from Ecklers. I aligned the blades to be perpendicular and true to the windshield. So far nada. What am I missing?

try "twisting" the arm so the blade lays at a different angle to the windshield. the blades need to flip/flop so the do not chatter but rain X is a fast solution to try.

 

[Vette/Berlina-coupe]

-yes, "flip-flop" is the technical-term for it...

-Yep, kinda like J.Kerry when he chatters a lot!! (--couldn't resist that zinger); --but tis'true, if you examine your wiper-arms closely, believe you will notice that they "chatter" just in one direction (but one may chatter in the opposite direction to the other), which means that the arm needs to be twisted slightly with a crescent-wrench (leaves no mark as a plyers might) into that direction of sweep, so that the rubber-blade always trails as it is dragged across the windshield. Be sure to do this while you've a hose spraying a light mist of water thereto. If this does not cure it, then your blades are not flip-floping enough, and it may be an inherently poor-design of the rubber-blade or its holder!! Properly tweeked, you will not have need of a substrate-film to negate chatter, new-blades can chatter worse owing their more engaging action; --let us know of your corrective results....
:Twist:Twist ~Bob vH

 

[Chris Kennedy]

Something that helps is to use the Rain-X washer fluid, not just apply Rain-X to the windshield, and give it time/use to seep into the rubber of the blades.

--Chris Kennedy