Windshield Wipers jam
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From: Overland Park Kansas
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Windshield Wipers jam
When my windshield isn't very wet (slow rain/sprinkle), the wipers can hit each other when they come down and overlap. This can cause the wipers to jam.
I'm not sure if I've replaced the blades in several years, but if I have it was only once. (I RARELY even drive in the rain because I have a crapmobile for those days.) I don't think the blades are too long because they clear an appropriate size path. Also, they work fine as long as the rain is moderate to heavy.
What's the deal?
gp
I'm not sure if I've replaced the blades in several years, but if I have it was only once. (I RARELY even drive in the rain because I have a crapmobile for those days.) I don't think the blades are too long because they clear an appropriate size path. Also, they work fine as long as the rain is moderate to heavy.
What's the deal?
gp
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When my windshield isn't very wet (slow rain/sprinkle), the wipers can hit each other when they come down and overlap. This can cause the wipers to jam.
I'm not sure if I've replaced the blades in several years, but if I have it was only once. (I RARELY even drive in the rain because I have a crapmobile for those days.) I don't think the blades are too long because they clear an appropriate size path. Also, they work fine as long as the rain is moderate to heavy.
What's the deal?
gp
I'm not sure if I've replaced the blades in several years, but if I have it was only once. (I RARELY even drive in the rain because I have a crapmobile for those days.) I don't think the blades are too long because they clear an appropriate size path. Also, they work fine as long as the rain is moderate to heavy.
What's the deal?
gp
...not sure exactly but, i thought i remember seeing a thread about the positioning of the wipers or putting on a shorter one (blade/arm) on the one side. if you do a search in the threads for it, i know you will find what you are looking for.
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found this for ya
1984-1996: Windshield Wiper Adjustment
From Jerry Watts, retired Engineer at the GM Corvette Action Center in Bowling Green, KY:
If you drive your Vettes in the rain, you may noticed that the wipers need an ajustment. This problem can be fixed with a ratchet, a 10mm socket, and a small screwdriver.
At the bottom edge of the windshield, driver's side, is a black screen with a small pop-off screen about 1" x 2.5" towards the inside edge. Find its two solid black spots and gently push in and up with the screwdriver to remove it.
On each wiper arm you will see two 10mm nuts. To make the adjustment, dampen the windshield and turn the wipers on just long enough to get them to where you can move them up or down, then loosen the nuts with the 10mm socket. On the driver's side, the wiper should come up to, but not into, the blackout area along the windshield's edge, on the passenger side, about two inches from the molding and below hood level in the rest position.
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1984-1996: Windshield Wiper Adjustment
From Jerry Watts, retired Engineer at the GM Corvette Action Center in Bowling Green, KY:
If you drive your Vettes in the rain, you may noticed that the wipers need an ajustment. This problem can be fixed with a ratchet, a 10mm socket, and a small screwdriver.
At the bottom edge of the windshield, driver's side, is a black screen with a small pop-off screen about 1" x 2.5" towards the inside edge. Find its two solid black spots and gently push in and up with the screwdriver to remove it.
On each wiper arm you will see two 10mm nuts. To make the adjustment, dampen the windshield and turn the wipers on just long enough to get them to where you can move them up or down, then loosen the nuts with the 10mm socket. On the driver's side, the wiper should come up to, but not into, the blackout area along the windshield's edge, on the passenger side, about two inches from the molding and below hood level in the rest position.
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Apr 2004
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From: Huntington ma
Adjust on the linkage all day, bend the arms, etc. and the interference will Still happen if the blades "chatter" enough. Just go to a shorter blade (I actually went 2" shorter - 1" is iffy) on the drivers side. Problem solved. If GM had any sense the C4 would have come new with a shorter blade on the drivers side, either that or a wiper mechanism that Didn't sizzor from the outboard corners. Dumb design.
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