Re: Wiper blades

From: Jenell Bergan (jbergan@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Mon Nov 24 1997 - 06:54:22 EST


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> From: Lloyd W. Christianson <rtkba@JUNO.COM>
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: Wiper blades
> Date: Sunday, November 23, 1997 2:08 PM
>
> This is not exactly Dakota specific, but it does deal with my Dakota.
>
> About a month ago, I sent my daughter out to wash the windshield of my
> Dak.
> She grabbed a bottle of cleaner, and did her thing. Turns out she used a
> product called Top Job (Proctor & Gamble) instead of glass cleaner. We
> finally got that straight after sending her out for the third time
> because there were streaks all over the windshield. A couple of days
> later, on a trip to Roanoke ( about 4.5 hours) in the rain, The wipers
> started depositing rubber on the windshield and of course with that,
> started getting great traction as they tried to wipe off the deposited
> rubber. I stopped and tried to clean off the rubber with Windex but was
> not very successful. After arriving in Roanoke, I got the rubber off the
> windshield with some household cleaner my sister had and then bought new
> windshield wipers. On the trip back to Norfolk - more rain - more rubber
> on the windshield from the new wipers. I called Proctor & Gamble and was
> assured that Top Job was safe to use on rubber products. I cleaned the
> rubber from the windshield with alcohol (did a good job)and followed the
> alcohol with window cleaner. I then bought new Bosh Micro-Thin blades
> and arms. Friday, on a trip back from Richmond - in the rain - the third
> set of blades started to deposit rubber on the windshield. The only
> other thing I can think of is the windshield washer fluid I'm using which
> is called 'Basic Blue' and is a pre-mix purchased from K-Mart which I've
> used before with no problems. The thought of acid rain also just occured
> to me, but I don't know.
>
> Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated. I don't want to
> purchase new wipers everytime I drive for a couple of hours in the rain!
> Wayne
> RTKBA@juno.com
> 95 SLT, Extended Cab, 4X4, V6 Auto, K&N FIPK, Terminator Muffler,
> Autolite Double Platnums



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