Stripped windshield wiper
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From: Ridgway, CO
As will I, I've had vehicles from the 60's to modern and not a single one ever had a "fatigued spring" fail, including a few with over 300,000 miles.
I have seen many a moron who left theirs down rip them up from leaving the wipers on when we got a lot of snow or freezing rain tho.
I have seen many a moron who left theirs down rip them up from leaving the wipers on when we got a lot of snow or freezing rain tho.
I on the other hand have been in lots of vehicles with compromised wipers because people made this mistake. Thinking that little spring doesn't fatigue when regularly hyper extended is funny to read about.
I am sure if you keep telling yourself it doesn't matter, it ought to work for you...LOL
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Yeah, sure Tom, great story...
I on the other hand have been in lots of vehicles with compromised wipers because people made this mistake. Thinking that little spring doesn't fatigue when regularly hyper extended is funny to read about.
I am sure if you keep telling yourself it doesn't matter, it ought to work for you...LOL
I on the other hand have been in lots of vehicles with compromised wipers because people made this mistake. Thinking that little spring doesn't fatigue when regularly hyper extended is funny to read about.
I am sure if you keep telling yourself it doesn't matter, it ought to work for you...LOL
Or are you getting into a bunch of strangers' vehicles who all have compromised wipers because they admitted to you as you got in that they flip them up?
Talk about stories.
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It is SO simple, all you have to do is look at the mechanism in question to understand the flaw in bending a light spring over backwards and leaving it that way for periods of time. If you have not noticed the lack of performance after doing so, or replaced dozens of sets of arms with new to regain performance, I guess that's just you. My experience is that is absolutely makes a difference.
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i didnt even know it was possible to strip out until this thread. wasnt aware of it but theres actually a puller tool for removing wiper arms . the better design vehicles must use a tapered splined shaft i suppose
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i have had vehicles that are tapered fit with a bolt, and vehicles that are splined with a bolt
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well i dont get it. is ford trying to reinvent the wheel here with some new fangled design ? stripped wiper arms seems unheard of on any other vehicle that im aware of.
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Originally Posted by National Inventors Hall of Fame
On a snowy day in 1902, National Inventors Hall of Fame® (NIHF) Inductee Mary Anderson was riding in a streetcar in New York City and observed how frustrated the vehicle’s driver was becoming as he struggled to remove the snow from the windshield. Often, the man had to stick his head outside the window and even stop the vehicle entirely to clean the snow off himself.
When Anderson returned home to Birmingham, Alabama, she thought about how there had to be a more efficient way of cleaning a windshield than what she had witnessed on her trip to the Big Apple. She sat down and began to sketch out a design for a wiper blade that could be operated from inside the vehicle. After finalizing the details of her idea, she filed a patent application for her creation on June 18, 1903.
When Anderson returned home to Birmingham, Alabama, she thought about how there had to be a more efficient way of cleaning a windshield than what she had witnessed on her trip to the Big Apple. She sat down and began to sketch out a design for a wiper blade that could be operated from inside the vehicle. After finalizing the details of her idea, she filed a patent application for her creation on June 18, 1903.
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Any idea why we have so many connectors for the wiper blades? https://www.drivparts.com/parts-matt...onnectors.html
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