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Rear Wiper arm problem solved
I have been going through tons of threads trying to understand how to fix my rear wiper arm that barely touches the glass. I tried to "shave the splines", adjust the bolt etc etc. and nothing worked.
Then the other day I was buying some wheels from a guy and he had this spring on his wiper arm. He also tried all of the tips and tricks on the forum and none of them worked and he had an extra so he gave it to me, problem solved! A clean swipe every single time and it still gets seated in the holder perfectly.
Some bad reviews on Amazon, glad I didn't listen because it works perfectly on that rear wiper.
Case closed 
Surewipe Universal 093 Wiper Arm Spring | Canadian Tire
https://www.amazon.com/s?marketplace...&redirect=true
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11-29-2016, 04:59 PM
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oh, hell yeah. anyone wanna go halvsies on a set with me? i need this! just one tho.
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11-29-2016, 05:01 PM
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oh, hell yeah. anyone wanna go halvsies on a set with me? i need this!
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I am thinking about tossing one on my passenger's side wiper as well since it doesn't touch nearly as well as driver's side. Shoot I may throw them on all of my wipers!
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11-30-2016, 02:08 AM
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OH NICE! that's been driving me crazy.
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11-30-2016, 12:33 PM
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Awesome! I've been wondering if there's a fix and now I know. Thanks.
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Sweet mother. YES!
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it looks like its made from the end of a bungee cord. I might have to make a jerry rigged version of this.
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01-27-2017, 01:53 AM
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it looks like its made from the end of a bungee cord. I might have to make a jerry rigged version of this.
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It puts on a ton of pressure though, installing it takes a bit of muscle. Not sure a bungee cord can put on that kind of pressure and for this price, do we need to jerry rig it?
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I just installed this spring on both of my 2005 4Runners and the rear wiper works great now. Came to $18.49 with shipping, and took 10 minutes to install on both vehicles.
8 minutes was trying to figure out which way to orient the spring, I pulled up this thread on my phone and problem solved.
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I ended up replacing all 3 wiper arms on my 04 because the springs seemed warn out.
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02-21-2018, 08:15 PM
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omg, my rear has been bugging me forever and could not figure how to get this fixed lol even bought a new blade lol will def be ordering one now! thanks for the post 
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02-22-2018, 12:56 PM
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Just wanted to add my thanks too - tired of seeing my rear wiper only touching the glass half the time. Worth trying as a cheap fix - going to pick one up this weekend.
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02-28-2018, 11:22 PM
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Just a follow up for anyone wondering - bought a pair, put one on, and works great. Nice to have the wiper actually touch the glass all the time now.
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I have no rear wiper arm.
Currently has nothing to attach to as the nub from the wiper motor is completely stripped.
Furthermore, I snapped a small drill bit in the hole I was trying to drill, so that I can tap and bolt a new arm in.
Without paying $100+ for a new motor, I was thinking I can epoxy an arm onto the nub, and use this spring to ghetto fix my rear wiper..
Someone tell me I'm stupid and talk me out of it. I rarely use the rear wiper, and have driven it for 3 years without it...
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03-01-2018, 08:20 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MSRP.
I have no rear wiper arm.
Currently has nothing to attach to as the nub from the wiper motor is completely stripped.
Furthermore, I snapped a small drill bit in the hole I was trying to drill, so that I can tap and bolt a new arm in.
Without paying $100+ for a new motor, I was thinking I can epoxy an arm onto the nub, and use this spring to ghetto fix my rear wiper..
Someone tell me I'm stupid and talk me out of it. I rarely use the rear wiper, and have driven it for 3 years without it...
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I won't call you stupid because it's good idea if you REALLY can't afford the new motor and REALLY need the rear wiper, BUT I wouldn't do it if I were you since as you stated you rarely ever use the rear wiper, the reason I wouldn't do it is it will be a real pain to get the epoxied wiper arm off if you ever decide you can afford or want to replace the motor!!
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