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Squeaky wipers on the windshield? It's starting to rain and your windscreen wipers are creaking and straining your nerves with every wipe? The windscreen wipers work ineffectively and you no longer have an optimal view. This can lead to dangerous situations. Below we show you both the most common causes of squeaky wipers and what you can do about it. In most cases you have to save buy new wipers.
TOP REASONS FOR LOUD, SQUEAKING WIPER WIPER:
- Dirty wipers (insects, dust, plant debris).
- The lip of the wiper blade is cracked or missing.
- Porous or hardened rubber on the wiper blades.
- A kinked rubber or worn out bracket.
- The windshield is dirty or too dry.
HOW TO CLEAN DIRTY WIPER BLADES:
If there is dirt on the car window, even new wipers cannot slide smoothly over the window and annoying noises occur. Clean Therefore, first the glass pane. You can first use a damp cloth to remove dirt such as insect or plant residue or dust on the wiper blades. Specialized cleaning agents for rubber are available from specialist retailers. Position the windscreen wipers in a vertical position and wipe the rubber lip of each wiper blade with a soft cloth until no black traces of dirt more in it.
In most cases, the wipers then no longer squeak. Cleaning with diluted Dish soap, car shampoo or one Glass cleaner By the way, removes the softener from the wiper blades in the long term, making them faster harden. If the noise is still there after cleaning, next check the Rubber lips the windshield wiper. These may be worn or torn. And also the Operation is important. The wipers should go over the car window drawn and not be pushed.
ADJUSTING WORN WIPER RUBBER:
If you have cleaned the windshield of your vehicle, but the wiper still does not work silently even in very wet conditions, and about the glass bottle pushes instead of being pulled, the windshield wipers will be so worn that they exchanged Need to become. If the rubber lip of a wiper blade is torn, there is a risk that the bracket will damage the window during the wiping process scratched. If the crack is not too deep, you can, with a little manual skill, try to replace the wiper rubbers to trim.
There are special cutting knives on the market that are relatively inexpensive. The worn part is removed with a sharp blade and the wipers work again without streaks. But this only works in cases where the rubber not torn down yet, hardened oder durch ozone pollution has already become brittle. The rubber compound in the wiper blades only lasts for a short period of time, usually two years. The sun, ozone and frost in winter take their toll on windshield wipers.
EXTENDING THE LIFE OF THE WIPER:
Tip: Through a high quality Nano sealing of your windscreen the rain rolls off the sealed glass pane without you having to operate the windscreen wipers. If you maintain and clean the wiper blades regularly, they can last two to three years. With heavy use, however, the windscreen wipers must be cleaned annually it will be exchanged.
The following note is essential: For safety reasons, tuningblog recommends all repair, inspection and maintenance work exclusively to be carried out in a specialist workshop! Although our information is summarized to the best of our knowledge and belief, we cannot assume any liability for the content. All information is therefore "without guarantee".
Of course, that wasn't the end of it!
In this tuningblog category there are guides and instructions for common defects/repairs on the vehicle and for installing accessories/tuning parts. Our articles explain in a simple way common defects and the corresponding repairs and they also explain how the first signs of a defect become noticeable. In most cases, we also have initial clues to the repair instructions in our repair instructions approximate costs listed. The goal of ourAuto Repair Guide“ is to create a head start in knowledge for the next visit to the workshop with initial tips.
This may save you from tedious troubleshooting and you may even be able to do small things yourself. The same applies, of course, to the installation of accessories/tuning parts. Here, too, we would like to help with the implementation with instructions and tips. There are many other posts on this as well. Below is an excerpt of the last and HERE there are all previous instructions.
