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04-06-2018, 01:28 PM | #1 |
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Wind pressure on wiper arm
I, uh got caught in the rain on a tour. Well I have a semi usefull vacuum wiper that did wel for what it is. I was thinking about maybe soldiering a small 'air dam' on the arm to use the wind to keep it on the glass. What do you all think? Will it work or would I need a huge air dam for it tao actually work?
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04-06-2018, 01:56 PM | #2 |
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Rain-x, my dads van wipers quit working in the rain, he then remembered me talking about rain-x, he put it on and made it home.
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04-06-2018, 02:34 PM | #3 |
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Re: Wind pressure on wiper arm
yup rain x all the way. do they still sell the little bottle of pure rain x? not the spray bottle of window cleaner with rain x...
Old stuff came in like a lighter fluid plastic bottle you squirted out and buffed onto the windshield. waited till it clouded then buffed it off. Lasted a VERY long time as it sat in all the micro pores and scratches.
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Re: Wind pressure on wiper arm
Just used it on my GMC motorhome, works way better than the wipers if you are moving into the wind. Drove about 900 miles in rain, never used the wipers once. Came in a spray bottle, but not a cleaner type, so I assume it is the original. Got it at Wally World.
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04-06-2018, 10:01 PM | #8 |
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Yeah, like this, with the matching wooden seat beads ... nice
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04-06-2018, 10:07 PM | #9 |
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I use Rainex, not the wipers.
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04-06-2018, 10:23 PM | #10 |
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I have a bottle of Rainex in each of my Model A's, it is the only way!!!
https://www.amazon.com/Rain-X-800002...70_&dpSrc=srch
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04-06-2018, 10:47 PM | #11 |
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Rainex doesn't work in the snow. You need a wiper for snow.
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Re: Wind pressure on wiper arm
What wiper arm?
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Glad you asked that. I was wondering the same thing.
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Last summer on the way to the NW Regional Meet My wiper arm flew off. A touring Buddy had some rainex and quickly applied it on our windshield. Although it is a good product my wiper blade now bumps across the glass. Sooo you either leave well enough alone...........LOL
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04-07-2018, 10:41 AM | #18 |
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Yes I love Rain-X. But was just wondering about something to make the blade somewhat more efficient. It actually did a halfway decent job though. But it did skip a bit.
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04-07-2018, 11:46 AM | #19 |
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Yup... my feeling is with Rainex you lose gliding efficiency. The skinny arms are not beefy enough to move the blade. That's why my inference was one of either Rainex or wiper but not both. I have been toying with the idea of the new electric units. At $300.00 they can cure a lot of misery.
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04-07-2018, 02:09 PM | #20 |
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Why can't you use a Ford wiper blade and arm from the 40's on a Model A? It should be allowed under the safety exception. The original Model A arm puts very little downward pressure on the wiper blade. It was designed in the early years of wiper technology and probably was just as ineffective when they were new.
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