phlawford
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- City, State
- Winnipeg
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2000 XLT SOHC 4.0L
My recently acquired Explorer came with a non-functioning rear wiper.
It would not pass the lower edge of the rear window glass and when I did help it along it wouldn't clean the window all the way across.
This is what I did, with the help of forum members and a mod of my own
I ground off the little fingers and bent the arm inwards about 1/4 inch.
I then added some rubber packing (B) between the plastic block and the tailgate panel. This moved the block outwards (C) about 1/8 - 3/16 "
Now when the blade leaves its parkiing position it doesn't foul the bottom edge of the tailgate glass (A).
This was actually two pieces of 2" rubber weatherstripping. I happened to be white but I will pick up some black.
I put the block on the weatherstrip and drew around it with a pen and then cut it to shape. The one closest to the tailgate I cut two rectangles out so it would sit around the plastic blocks that the screws go into.
Next will be to treat the arm to a new coat of black paint and fit a good quality wiper blade.
Have run it like this now for a week and it goes first time every time. The blade now rests just clear of the bodywork and doesn't freeze to the tailgate like it did before. Total time, including finding 2 new and slightly longer screws. 20 mins.
I am in Canada, everything freezes this time of the year.
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It would not pass the lower edge of the rear window glass and when I did help it along it wouldn't clean the window all the way across.
This is what I did, with the help of forum members and a mod of my own
I ground off the little fingers and bent the arm inwards about 1/4 inch.
I then added some rubber packing (B) between the plastic block and the tailgate panel. This moved the block outwards (C) about 1/8 - 3/16 "
Now when the blade leaves its parkiing position it doesn't foul the bottom edge of the tailgate glass (A).
This was actually two pieces of 2" rubber weatherstripping. I happened to be white but I will pick up some black.
I put the block on the weatherstrip and drew around it with a pen and then cut it to shape. The one closest to the tailgate I cut two rectangles out so it would sit around the plastic blocks that the screws go into.
Next will be to treat the arm to a new coat of black paint and fit a good quality wiper blade.
Have run it like this now for a week and it goes first time every time. The blade now rests just clear of the bodywork and doesn't freeze to the tailgate like it did before. Total time, including finding 2 new and slightly longer screws. 20 mins.
I am in Canada, everything freezes this time of the year.
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