Hi, Guest
03-21-2013, 06:14 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-21-2013, 06:18 AM by ZTWsquared.)
(03-21-2013, 02:19 AM)heelchain Wrote: I just replaced the rear wiper on a wagon and it is worse than the old one. It only cleans a strip about 2 inches wide. Do I need to heat the wiper blade up to get it to curve enough to contact the whole edge or is it just a weak spring? Is the spring replaceable or is the whole arm replaced?
Thanks for any hints.
Cheers,
Scott
Whole arm is replaced - take off nut, pry up arm (its on there tight - make sure you don't break the glass) - - what a lot of us on here have done is replace it with the much nicer looking, and better working Mazda3 arm, or the one from the Ford Edge - - sorry, for the wagon you would use the one from the Ford Flex - the Mazda3 and Edge are too long.
Flex wiper part numbers (about 25 + shipping + importation in USA, much more here)
8A8Z17526A
8L8Z17528C
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2003 Focus ZX5 infra-red Track Rat - R*I*P
2003 ZX5 CD Silver Track Rat - retired, but still in the driveway
New track rat: 2000 ZX3, Atlantic Blue * JRSC with lots more to come
* New Zetec crate motor - NFG - thanks Topspeed *
2003 Focus ZX5 infra-red Track Rat - R*I*P
2003 ZX5 CD Silver Track Rat - retired, but still in the driveway
New track rat: 2000 ZX3, Atlantic Blue * JRSC with lots more to come
* New Zetec crate motor - NFG - thanks Topspeed *