Re: WIPERS

From: Bob Tom (tigers@bserv.com)
Date: Fri Dec 10 1999 - 16:03:56 EST


At 01:04 PM 12/10/99 EST, you wrote:
>
>In a message dated 12/10/99 1:02:18 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>wildscot@hotmail.com writes:
>
>> Does anyone know how to stop the wipers from jumping at high speeds? I'm
>> thinking of those deflector type things you can put on the wiper arm or
>> the springs. I have heard the springs can do some sort of damage to the
motors.
>

>I tried those, they didn't work for me at all. I ended up getting plain old
>Bosch wipers and they don't jump off the windshield at all. Sometimes when
>it's not raining that hard it'll chatter a bit, but that may have something
>to do with the rain-x on the windshield

Funny thing. I switched from the deflector types (plastic ... either broke
or fell off) to the spring type. Spring type worked really well ... was
on Caravan though and wiper arm tension were pretty gone ... no problems with
the motor.

Bob. Southern Ontario, Canada.
'97 Dakota CC Sport, FR, 5.2L, 3.55 SG, auto.



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