windscreen wiper chatter

macafee2 · 19th January 2023, 15:06

Is this true?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0I-obFmADE

Is below the reason why the fix is not permanent? Also taken from YouTube

This is a fix, but doesn't show the root cause. Now, after doing this fix, if you were to install new blades, you would have to re bend the arm again, or else it would then cause that sound during the down-sweep, rather than the up-sweep. The root cause is the blade always rests in the down-sweep. It bends the rubber and locks it into the down-sweep position.

If you installed new blades on a new arm, and then it rained and you used the wipers non-stop, it will never develop that Skippy noise.

It's the rest position, the pressure and the dry heat that ruins wiper blades.

macafee2

KWIL · 30th March 2023, 19:37

Essentially yes, so you have to live with the solution offered.

macafee2 · 30th March 2023, 20:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by KWIL

Essentially yes, so you have to live with the solution offered.

Thanks
I fitted new blades and as it rained today got the chance to use them. Cleared the screen better.
I'll try the fix on my other car

macafee2

SCP440 · 30th March 2023, 21:28

Traffic film is the biggest cause of juddering wipers, clean the screen with some very strong detergent or even some pressure wash detergent on a sponge but make sure you wash it off properly.

Diesel fumes and tyre debris are the two biggest causes of traffic film.

19th January 2023, 15:06	#1
macafee2 This is my second home Rover 75 Saloon & Tourer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Lincoln Posts: 15,009 Thanks: 1,630 Thanked 3,032 Times in 2,181 Posts	windscreen wiper chatter Is this true? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0I-obFmADE Is below the reason why the fix is not permanent? Also taken from YouTube This is a fix, but doesn't show the root cause. Now, after doing this fix, if you were to install new blades, you would have to re bend the arm again, or else it would then cause that sound during the down-sweep, rather than the up-sweep. The root cause is the blade always rests in the down-sweep. It bends the rubber and locks it into the down-sweep position. If you installed new blades on a new arm, and then it rained and you used the wipers non-stop, it will never develop that Skippy noise. It's the rest position, the pressure and the dry heat that ruins wiper blades. macafee2

30th March 2023, 19:37	#2
KWIL Precise Rover 75 Tourer 2.5KV6 Connoisseur SE Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Fleet Posts: 2,976 Thanks: 630 Thanked 617 Times in 480 Posts	Essentially yes, so you have to live with the solution offered.

30th March 2023, 21:28	#4
SCP440 I really should get out more....... MG ZT-T 260 Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Witney Posts: 2,508 Thanks: 6 Thanked 910 Times in 571 Posts	Traffic film is the biggest cause of juddering wipers, clean the screen with some very strong detergent or even some pressure wash detergent on a sponge but make sure you wash it off properly. Diesel fumes and tyre debris are the two biggest causes of traffic film.