ok, well today it finally stopped raining long enough to where i could go and finally look at my windshield wiper arms, someone had suggested putting the spring in a different hole to increase the tension, but there is only one hole on both sides of the spring so there is no way to adjust it there, and after looking at the wiper arm after i took it off the truck i could see no other way of adjusting anything except the position of the arm on the windshield by moving that little key thing. so any other suggestions are more than welcome, and by the way the inside of my wiper arm (the reciever for where the "nut" that is connected to the motor) says 2005 on it i don't know if that makes a difference or not? Thank you again for your help!
Rik

 

ok may have come up with a solution, at least for my truck, and i know there were a few guys a little interested about this so i thought i would dig up this old thread! Anyways, i was sat there in a parking lot in my truck thinking about anything and everything, and somehow i got to thinking about this issue again, i had a sudden urge to jump out of my truck and switch the drivers side wiper arm for the passenger one to see if that helped any, and sure enough 30 seconds later i had a huge smile on my face as the wipers moved effortlessly and smoothly across my windshield even dry! now before anyone mentions it, the drivers one has a "D" on the inside of the arm and likewise the passenger has a "P" so i know they were not installed incorrectly in the first place! there is not a lot of difference between the two, on the glass the drivers one now actually looks kinda level (in relation to the dash) at rest, whereas before it kinda slanted down a little, it also "swipes" (for the want of a better word!) across the screen about 1/2 an inch higher on the glass than it did, and likewise the passenger one 1/2 lower, but other than that they are fine and NO CHATTERING!!! such a little thing but drove me crazy every time it rained, hopefully this will work for some of you too!
Rik

 

I just went out and checked mine, they are on there corect. I did minimize my chatter by cleaning the windshield with a good cleaner and then not getting any wax or detailer on it. I regularly just buff the overspray, detailer, wax as you dry or whatever off teh glass when I'm done with the paint. something I've done for years, makes the water bead and the glass shine, but on this truck it also seems to have made the chatter.

 

I think the film that rainx lays down will hep with your chatter.

 

I use Rain-x and actually at one point thought that it was the reason for the chatter! and just to clarify, i actually swapped the drivers side for the passenger, they were installed correctly to begin with! so the passenger wiper is on the drivers side and visa versa, and that is how i will be leaving it by the look of it!

 

I use the Rain-X washer fluid year-round and have never had a blade chatter. The blades seem to last a lot longer also(?). I didn't read the first page, so I don't know if that was already mentioned or not.

 

I put rain-x latitude on my 04 no more skipping across the windshield. A little high but I thank they were worth it. That my two pennies. I do have a low profile bug shield too.

 

i have the neoforms on my htey are kind of similar but still skipped! though they would have cured it!

 

Besides new blades, checking tension and cleaning the windshield, there is one more thing you can check. Stop the wiper arm in mid stroke by cutting off the key when they wiper reaches that position. Check that the wiper arm is exactly parallel to the windshield. Lift the arm slightly and makes sure the edge of the blade is pointing straight at the windshield at a 90 degree angle. Any misalignment can be fixed by wrapping a towel around the wiper arm and taking two sets of pliers to twist the arm slightly into the correct position. Most skidding wiper blades are caused by the following in order:

1. Oil/grease on windshield (Dawn works well)
2. Worn blades
3. Incorrect wiper arm tension (there is a gauge for this)
4. Incorrect wiper arm alignment

Also if you have a rock pitted windshield, you will go through blades at a rapid rate.

 

but i see no easy way of changing the tension if that is the issue? there is only one hole for the spring to go through on each end of the spring so no adjustment there!

 

If you have no adjustment holes, or any other spring, the tension can be varied by bending the wiper arm at its base away or toward the windshield.

 

Duh!! Gotcha!, must have had a brain fart there! lol thank you for pointing my brain in the right direction!