windshield wipers

[trymonlam]

it was raining a mixture of snow and rain the other day. and i noticed that my windshield wiper was behaving a bit odd. it's been a while since it's used.
on the first stroke across, it smudged up the rain. it's the swipe back that got rid of the water. so does this mean that i need to replace my wiper blades? or it's my windshield that's scratched up?

[marsbike]

curious about this too...mine has been developing a few "hops" and one of them is directly in front of my face...just a place that NEVER gets cleared at all...quite annoying...not to threadjack, but, do I need to lube my wiper assembly?

[trymonlam]

Originally posted by marsbike
curious about this too...mine has been developing a few "hops" and one of them is directly in front of my face...just a place that NEVER gets cleared at all...quite annoying...not to threadjack, but, do I need to lube my wiper assembly?
just do a search on "wiper" and u should be able to find plenty of info. i remember that one of the threads is exactly about this problem u have. go take a look and good luck.

[jnolte]

lube it and replace wiper blad

the hydralic arm may be out of grease and need to be lubed up.

if you dont i could burn out the motor and wiper gears

[Abuimad]

i had my wipers replaced recently, and they worked fine for a week, then the same thing happened as u described..it seems to be messing it up more than its helping.....(wipers replaced were original...)

[SLAMMED_C]

for your condition.. where the wiper wasnt used for a while and on the first wipe across it smeared.. but on the return wipe it cleared.. thats common when you dont use the wiper. just give it a quick wipe down (the rubber on the blade) and it should be fine.. but if it continues to smear.. then you need a new insert. the benz wipers are shit.. they only last 15,000km at most!

[97C28O]

Try RainX..

[benzonline]

when re-greasing the wiper assembly should the old grease somehow be removed or do you just put more grease?

Do I use white grease?