Windscreen wipers scrapping

Post by **putney** » 03 Dec 2007, 12:43

The drivers side wiper makes a scrapping noise,have replaced blade but it still does it.Anyone know what is causing this?

Post by **Ian Hulley** » 03 Dec 2007, 13:02

Mick, put some vinegar on a papertowel and wipe the screen well (doing the same with the blades themselves can 'resurrect' seemingly dead wiper blades) this de-greases the screen ... worth a go for nowt

Ian.

Post by **airhead** » 03 Dec 2007, 17:03

Lightly grease the spring in the wiper arm and flex it in and out to loosen it up. It could be that your wipers just arent being pressed to the window strong enough. Either that or your wiper arms are twisted. Then again, Ian is probably right about the dirty windscreen.

Post by **DentedDevon** » 03 Dec 2007, 22:12

If the blade only makes a noise in one direction the problem may be that the blade is not square on to the screen (90 degrees)
It can be "adjusted" by twisting the wiper arm in the relevant direction to correct it

Post by **putney** » 03 Dec 2007, 22:51

Have cleaned blades and cleaned screen with vinegar,tis better but not cured.Think I will replace the whole lot,dont fancy driving to the Duke with that racket going on!

Post by **BigTam** » 03 Dec 2007, 23:13

Vinegar does do the trick but so does alcohol have you ever tried any of that Putney,

Post by **campervanman** » 03 Dec 2007, 23:21

Switch on wipers and then turn off ignition with blades about halfway through their arc. If you look at the drivers side blade it will probably not be sitting square on the screen. Us small adjustable to twist the wiper arm so that the blade sits at right angles.

Post by **Rozzo** » 04 Dec 2007, 07:00

BigTam wrote:Vinegar does do the trick but so does alcohol have you ever tried any of that Putney,

don't tell him you do that,, he'll be licking your windscreen

Post by **putney** » 04 Dec 2007, 16:21

Campervanman twas right, have done as said and its loads better A quieter journey to the duke thank god

Post by **dink** » 05 Dec 2007, 00:17

mines doing the same, only at speed

Post by **putney** » 05 Dec 2007, 00:40

Try all of the suggestions and if they all fail slow down

Post by **hammy44** » 05 Dec 2007, 13:01

alcohol tooooo expensive to be wasting

Post by **Tex Ritter** » 05 Dec 2007, 15:54

hammy44 wrote:alcohol tooooo expensive to be wasting

You could always try it after it has been through your kidneys

Post by **simple** » 05 Dec 2007, 19:59

top tip campervanman, mine have been drivin me mad for bout 6 mnths, now I can hear me belinda carlisle tape

Post by **R0B** » 05 Dec 2007, 20:46

mick.i was going to tell you to tell them to stop fighting.then i realized you meant scraping....

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