Need some help...
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Jun 2005
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From: Jacksonville Florida
Need some help...
This damn Florida rain!! Coming home from Ft. Lauderdale on the Turnpike I got caught in a torrential downpour. I hit the wipers and hear a God-awful screeching. Obviously the rubber has slipped off the metal frame. I have no choice but to keep them on until I approach a highway overpass for some cover, which as luck would have it took about 20 minutes.
I pull over and inspect the wiper. The metal clip was free from the rubber and appears to have etched a very slight arc across the windshield. Does this mean a windshield replacement? Can it be buffed out or repaired in some other way? Any advice would be appreciated....
I pull over and inspect the wiper. The metal clip was free from the rubber and appears to have etched a very slight arc across the windshield. Does this mean a windshield replacement? Can it be buffed out or repaired in some other way? Any advice would be appreciated....
Melting Slicks
Joined: Dec 2001
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From: Boulder CO.
Originally Posted by Bounty
This damn Florida rain!! Coming home from Ft. Lauderdale on the Turnpike I got caught in a torrential downpour. I hit the wipers and hear a God-awful screeching. Obviously the rubber has slipped off the metal frame. I have no choice but to keep them on until I approach a highway overpass for some cover, which as luck would have it took about 20 minutes.
I pull over and inspect the wiper. The metal clip was free from the rubber and appears to have etched a very slight arc across the windshield. Does this mean a windshield replacement? Can it be buffed out or repaired in some other way? Any advice would be appreciated....
I pull over and inspect the wiper. The metal clip was free from the rubber and appears to have etched a very slight arc across the windshield. Does this mean a windshield replacement? Can it be buffed out or repaired in some other way? Any advice would be appreciated....
Hopefully it's just a haze from the metal. I think there's a product called Janvil a friend of mine uses at his shop, it's supposed to work well on plastic and glass surfaces.
http://www.janvil.com/
Another good source of info...
http://www.advanceautoparts.com/engl...0030101wp.html
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