wiper blade trouble hitting on just one side

[goatijoe]

The wiper blades on the truck was missing from the driver side so i just swapped the passenger to the drivers and got around to putting new arms and blades on it. They are both the same and the passenger side works great it stays on the glass but the driver side over laps at the bottom by over 1.5in. at the very bottom of the swing. I swapped them around and still the same thing with the driver i have been cutting the blades down to clear on the but i want to to work like the other side does. Has any one ever ran into this before. The truck was unfitted with the A3 wiper motor before i got it. I just don't see how this is rubbing just on one side unless i have over looked something but i cant see anything else that would cause it.

 

[welldigger]

Did you say your truck had a3 wipers? If it does I believe the linkage from the motor to the shaft in the window frame is adjustable.

 

[Jeepsinker]

If the wiper is hitting the bottom of the frame no matter which side you put it on then I would be led to believe that you either have a wiper arm that is too long, or you are not getting the correct wiper blades.

 

[RAYZER]

Theres a nurled insert that fits inside the wiper arm and over the shaft, the insert can be removed and re indexed for adjustments.

 

[goatijoe]

The blades and arms are the same but it only hits on the driver side. I do not have any contact on the side of the frames on it just at the bottom. This i cant understand is that the one on the passenger side is working flawless with no rub no where on the frame but the driver hit just at the very bottom. I have measured everything and all is the same with bothsides as fat as the frame and the blades and arms.

 

[RAYZER]

A3 wipers right? Maybe you need shorter arms.
Do you have some pics?

 

[Floridianson]

Might sound dumb on my part but is the wiper blade mounting hole dead center of the blade or could it be offset.
The only outher thing if all is equal maybe the way the shaft that comes through the windshield is pitched down.

 

[goatijoe]

Passenger side

Driver side

Sorry it wont let me upload the files from the computer for some reason.

 

[RAYZER]

Your arms are different than the ones I have, I just did this conversion with parts off an a3.

 

[goatijoe]

Your arms are different than the ones I have, I just did this conversion with parts off an a3.View attachment 469082View attachment 469083View attachment 469084

That's what i ordered the arms for but as you can see the difference in the passenger side is not hitting but the drivers is. I have come to the conclusion if its odd it will happen to me.

 

[RAYZER]

Yours might be off of a 900 series truck.

 

[goatijoe]

I see what you are saying but, if they are both the same arms and blades shouldn't they do the same thing as far as both wiping the glass like the passenger side on mine is. I just cant make see why one is not hitting and the other one is.

 

[RAYZER]

Take the arms off and put them side by side and let us see!

 

[goatijoe]

The one that is on the right is the drivers one it even measures 1/4in. shorter on the arm than the one on the passenger side. I noticed just now that the frames differ just a little bit by the make of it but all the measurements are the same.

 

[RAYZER]

You could always cut off the end of the wiper to make it clear the windshield frame.

 

[goatijoe]

That's What i have been doing but, after changing the new arm I figured it would take care of that problem. i just cant see no rhyme or reason behind this. I don't think that there is any difference in A2 or A3 windshields are there?

 

[RAYZER]

None.

 

[goatijoe]

Who knows what it is why can't it be on the passenger side and not my side.

 

[Jeepsinker]

Just swap the windshields out. Put the odd one on the passenger side.

 

[moving chicane]

Is this part (arrow) adjustable?