Damn B5 wiper issues... spent like 2 hours last night ripping my car apart to fix those damn wipers. the linkage was siezed like a ****! got it all back together, the wipers arent exactly parallel anymore... but whatever, i was too pissed to make it perfect. plus, this fix seemed like something i'd be doing again soon enough anyways...

Just venting.

Oh, and I'd like to thank Rain X... for allowing me to drive my car for like 2 weeks with no wipers. It's been raining lately too. rain x owns.

 

I've been a rain-x fan since the early 90's. It rulez. I reapply every other week, or so, just to keep it fresh.

 

haha yeah man, I drove like 300 miles in pissing rain this past week, without ONE swipe of a wiper blade.

 

LOL! Rain X is pretty cool, but i totally forgot about that. i'll need to pick some up. i'm sick of seeing water droplets on my rear windshield.

what exactly were you fixing on your wipers?

 

Umm, if you look at the wiper linkage, there are 2 pivots, one for each wiper... they are like a hollow cylinder, with a spindle going through them. One of them had seized completely. Upon getting the linkage out of the car, I couldnt even move it with my hand... ended up putting it in a vice, soaking it in penetrating oil, and finally getting the damn spindle out. then I used fine grit sand paper to clean everything up, filed the inside of the 'cylinder' lightly, cleaned everything up. Then I crammed as much of this teflon grease as I could into it, and reassembled (I did both sides, even the side that wasnt seized). the whole thing was a pretty large pain in the ***... but whatever. I could prolly do it in an hour next time around. (im sure there will be a next time)

 

that's beat. on my old car one would make noise, but on my baby they both work fine with no noise (for now, knock on wood)

 

I know who to call if mine ever sieze up

 

haha, for sure

 

A tip though, as soon as you notice they are slowing down... fix them. I was lazy, and I rarely use my wipers anyways... then when I was in downtown toronto, and needed wipers (was driving too slow for rain x to work), they were seized right up. ALSO, it makes it easier to get the assembly out, if they arent seized. One more reason to do it early, is to avoid any wear on your wiper motor.

So yeah, as soon as they start to slow down, get fixin it!

 

haha **** happens