floppy wipers

[meek.tv]

my wipers are flopping too low past he windscreen rubber surround and make an really annoying clunk as well as having a great added effect of occasionally pinging a wiper blade off the arm everyonce and a while.
i thought that the solution would be to remove them and refit them slightly higher so they dont go down so far but im worried that ill get the opposite effect of the driverside wiper going too far to the right.
at the height of its sweep the drivers side blade just about touches the windscreen rubber so im worried itll go too far if i change.

ive also noticed that at motorway speeds i dont have the problem as the wind resistence seems to keep them off the bottom.

will removing them and refitting sort the problem or is it just a knackered motor giving it too much flop?

[Veg_Ian]

What you propose is the usual fix for this. Just one notch on the splined shaft should do it

[meek.tv]

so no worries about it going too far the otherway?
looks like a fight with a pair of wiper baldes int he rain for me when i get home

[mikeonb4c]

I guess you can only 'suck it and see'. Hope they come off the splines OK. Thing is, why are they doing it. Is there play in the system and if so, is something either in need of adjustment/tightening up or is it on the way out? You might want to investigate?

[meek.tv]

Thing is, why are they doing it. Is there play in the system and if so, is something either in need of adjustment/tightening up or is it on the way out? You might want to investigate?

thats what im worried about....although i wouldnt know where to start to look for the problem :S

[missfixit70]

The mechanism is all nicely visible once you lift the bonnet, I'm sure you'll see if there's anything amiss, hopefully moving it round a spline should be ok though.

[tricky]

at the height of its sweep the drivers side blade just about touches the windscreen rubber so im worried itll go too far if i change.

You really want to avoid them contacting the windscreen rubber at either end of the stroke as they will wear notches in the screen rubber and can cause leaks etc. This was a problem seen on the MG RV8 where the wee 11" blades had very little room for comfort on the screen.

[bongomaan]

I got some of these "Mazda Bongo RETRO FIT Flat AERO Wiper Blades (#280241189863) " excellent ( ebay !)

[bigdaddycain]

Mine are lined up level against the black strip on the bottom of the screen, the sweep seems right set up that way,i removed mine to re-spray the wiper arms last year, only then did i notice they weren't as level as they could be.

[francophile1947]

Are you sure that you haven't just got longer blades than they should be?

[M 80NGD]

Mine are lined up level against the black strip on the bottom of the screen, the sweep seems right set up that way,i removed mine to re-spray the wiper arms last year, only then did i notice they weren't as level as they could be.

Checked mine today,just out of interest,and they're exactly as BDC's are That'll do Me

[bigdaddycain]

Yip, i can tell that from your avatar M80...job's a good un'

Good point about the wrong sized blades john....

[meek.tv]

thanks for the info.
way too wet to go playing bongo outside tongiht so ill have a look in the morning
fi i remember correctly i can move te arms up and down a fair bit by hand......is this nromal or does it indicate someting somewhere is more worn than it should be?

give me about 12 hours and i will be reposting here with a "ooops ive broken something" post no doubt

[meek.tv]

ok there is a fair bit of play. heres a couple of pics of how much i can move the wipers when parked up





is this a lot more than usual?
what do i do to remedy??

[Bob]

That does seem like alot of play to me, could be the mechanism needs replacing.