Windscreen wiper inserts

meanmx · Postby **meanmx** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 5:29 pm

You can also clay bar your windows and it does the same thing as it does for the paint. Removes all the crap to allow for a smoother wipe.

Ben

Daz 27 · Postby **Daz 27** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 6:31 pm

rjastra2 wrote:you need some of these....

that's what the new Aunger ones look like & they work great.

Alex · Postby **Alex** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 9:33 pm

normally a quick wipe of the blades every now and then will make them work like new again
I found a layer of oxidised/sun damaged rubber on mine is normally the culprit when they don't work properly, quick wipe over and all the black crud comes off and good as new

suzi · Postby **suzi** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 9:40 pm

come live in QLD - we don't need wipers!

AJ · Postby AJ » Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:10 pm

suzi wrote:come live in QLD - we don't need wipers!

WORD!!

we won't mention the last club run tho :wink:

idb000 · Postby **idb000** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 12:05 am

Thanks again guys for all the responses!!

Garry · Postby **Garry** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 7:28 pm

I tried out some of those new Aunger ones the other day. I tried 3 sets and none would wipe the passenger side propperly. They all missed a bit in the centre of the wiper blade. No idea why, so I took them back and got a refund.

idb000 · Postby **idb000** » Sat May 05, 2007 9:44 pm

Thanks again guys for all your advice. Things have been fairly busy, so I haven't had a chance to look at the wipers until today. I need to call on the collective wisdom of the Aus-cartalk community again. This may sound like a stupid question, but how do you get the existing wiper rubbers out? :oops:

On previous cars when I have changed the wipers, there has been some form of clip you squeeze, which releases the rubber, and it slides out. On my current wipers, there is nothing like that. The 'captive' end of the rubber has a hole where the clip on the blade holds the rubber, but no way to release it (that I can work out) without breaking something. It looks like the wiper rubbers are the genuine Mazda ones, but I'm not sure. If anyone has any advice, that would be great! Here is a pic so you can see what I'm talking about:

Thanks again
Ian

Alex · Postby **Alex** » Sun May 06, 2007 1:10 am

not sure how much this will help but normally you can remove the metal strip parts of the wipers by just sliding them out leaving the rubber behind which can then be taken out

idb000 · Postby **idb000** » Mon May 07, 2007 10:13 pm

SM wrote:not sure how much this will help but normally you can remove the metal strip parts of the wipers by just sliding them out leaving the rubber behind which can then be taken out

Thanks SM. I had a look, but the metal strip won't come out easily (without breaking it at least). The rubber is held in the grooves by the 6 clippy type things (non technical name) on the blade, but the end one, as pictured above, sits into a molded slot on the rubber that doesn't appear to have an easy or obvious way of releasing it.

Garry · Postby **Garry** » Tue May 08, 2007 9:54 am

Just pull the end of the blade out of it's retainer thingo. It's rubber and pliable. You wont break anything. Once it comes out of it's retainer thingo slide it off the \"6 clippy type things things\" the same way you would normally remove a blade.

4sfed5 · Postby **4sfed5** » Tue May 08, 2007 4:20 pm

ive now tried all sorts of wipers....the ones from supercheap were great at cleaning the screen but they squeeked like a mouse orgy! :mrgreen:

they lasted all of 8 hours in the car...i then bought some bosch ones and although they arent quite as good at wiping they are quiet!

idb000 · Postby **idb000** » Tue May 08, 2007 9:34 pm

Garry wrote:Just pull the end of the blade out of it's retainer thingo. It's rubber and pliable. You wont break anything. Once it comes out of it's retainer thingo slide it off the "6 clippy type things things" the same way you would normally remove a blade.

Thanks Garry. I'll have another try and see how I go.