Wiper arms/blades, again
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Oh I wish the search feature was functional on Yahoo User Groups:)! Or, I had saved the message number or a link:)! As I found some good threads on this a few years back...
OK, went to replace our coaches blades again, and thought I'd try the Rain X cartridges this time around. Got the back to the coach, an after a bit of soft persuasion, got them to fit into the grove that holds the cartridge/blade. But even with the arm helpers again re-sprung to provide more tension on the arms, the blades had a good 1 1/2 - 2" gap in the middle, where the blades would not contact the windshield screen.
Now I admit to be a bit slow, buy my thinking is that for the blade to remove the rain from the windshield, the blade should be making contact with he glass at all points:)!
(These come out of the packaging cases with a planned 'curve' arch to them. Suppose they work well for curved windscreens, or with wiper arms that provide enough tension to the glass. And possibly driving at speed will provide more force agains the windshield too. But, during a rain storm is not the time to try this out. I did try un-arching them back to as straight as possible, but the memory of the curve/arch is molded into the plastic cartridge.)
OK a few questions:
1) What length blades are you running on your coaches? These are 26", which was on the coach when we bought it. But suspect 24" would probably serve us well too.)
2) Even with the helper springs providing as much added tension as I can get onto the wiper arms, it is still not a very solid fit against the windscreens. In 45-55 knot rainstorm we were caught in, with only a few miles to go to our destination, the arms would actually at times be caught by a gust and lose partial contact with the windscreen. So I'm trying to recall the arms that two or three other CC owners changed over to, that were reported to provide much better contact with the windscreen.
In my signature, but this is for the 2004 Model Allure, built in Sept of 2003. SN 31017. But from what I can see, it's the same arm and windows that appear to be in the Intrigue of that era too. Not positive about Magna/Affinity, as I've never looked that close at their wiper arms.
Oh, back to the store, shaped out for Bosh Micro Edge Cartridges, basically an exact replacement fit for the cartridges that came with the coach. (And no luck finding any refills at two different stores. Know I can order them from NAPA, but wanted to replace these today.)
TIA for any info sharing, and best to all,
Smitty
04 Allure 31017
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