Contents: Removal ↡ Installation ↡
Rubber windshield wiper blades should be replaced if the quality of cleaning the glass is poor. The trade offers complete windshield wiper blades (rubber brush with holder), as well as individual rubber wiper blades. If only the rubber blade is replaced, make sure that its holder is not bent.
The rubber brush is inserted into two metal retaining guides (1), which must be disassembled separately when removed.
Removal
Warning! When working on the windscreen wipers Remove the ignition key. When moving the wiper arm or linkage, starting from position "1" of the ignition key, the automatic return of the wipers to the initial position may be activated. That is, the windscreen wiper operates in idle mode as long as it is in the initial position. There is a risk of injury!
1. Lift the wiper arm without locking it.
2. Press down the plastic clip on the knurled part (1) and slide the wiper blade down (2) from the hook on the wiper blade arm.
3. Using a narrow screwdriver (2), push the rubber brush back from both steel guides (2) on the closed side and carefully pull the rubber brush out of the guides.
4. Unhook the rubber brush (3) from the clamps (4) on the windshield wiper.
Installation
1. Place the rubber blade loosely into the wiper blade clips rather than into the retaining guides.
2. Insert both guides with the open profile side into the rubber brush so that the grooves of the guides face the rubber and are fixed in the protrusions of the groove. The bend of the guides should face the glass.
3. The spring latches fit more easily into the groove of the retainer if its front end is first beveled with a file and lubricated with soapy water (detergent).
4. Lubricate the rubber brush on the closed side with soapy water to help it slide better in the clamps.
5. Clamp both steel guides and the rubber brush with pliers and hang them on the clamps of the windshield wiper itself.
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6. Position the wiper blade so that it is positioned between both guide pins on the wiper arm.
Caution: If installing a new wiper blade, press the plastic clips down onto the ribbed parts.
7. Slide the wiper blade into the hooks on the wiper arm, press the plastic clips and secure the wiper blade in place.
8. Press the wiper arm down, making sure that the rubber blade is in contact with the glass all the way around.
9. Turn on the windshield wiper. The cleaning sector should be easy to clean.
Attention! The rubber sponge of the windshield wiper blade must bend when changing the direction of movement (overturn). If this does not happen, carefully bend the wiper arm so that its end is parallel to the glass.