windscreen wipers
Discussion
I was out in my A110 25'GT yesterday and got caught in a heavy downpour, windscreen wipers on auto and after about 10-15 minutes started to make a loud(ish) knocking noise on each sweep. I then noticed the driver side blade had started to get longer, caused by the plastic endcap coming detached from the wiper allowing the rubber blade to slide towards the end (inertia). Anyway stopped the car and pushed it all back together, carried on driving and it happed again after 10 mins or so. Had to do this a number of times until I got home (soaked 
) . will have a look this morning, I could see anything that keep the cap in place yesterday (but it was getting dark and I was getting very wet).
) . will have a look this morning, I could see anything that keep the cap in place yesterday (but it was getting dark and I was getting very wet). Update on my original post. As this was the first time the car had been in heavy rain the windscreen wipers had never been used at full speed which caused the cap to work loose. On checking this morning there is nothing to stop the cap coming loose , no clip nothing to hold it in place. The only time the wipers had touched was when the car was picked up after some minor repairs (front bumper, OSF wing) the drivers side wiper was hitting the A pillar so I took it off and reset it so it didn't, so it must have been removed during the repair. No idea why. That was back in May, so no point in going back to them now.
Having the cap off and looked at under good lighting on the bench this appear to be designed for a one time only fit, so people fitting a new rubber only need to be aware of this issue. As the cap won't be available I'm looking at a complete assembly, as Alpine wont have made these anybody know a replacement(Volvo??).
Having the cap off and looked at under good lighting on the bench this appear to be designed for a one time only fit, so people fitting a new rubber only need to be aware of this issue. As the cap won't be available I'm looking at a complete assembly, as Alpine wont have made these anybody know a replacement(Volvo??).
LE62NDE said:
Thank you. In the mean time I've superglued the cap on. Having just replaced my wiper blades rubbers I can tell you that there is a spring catch on the wiper blades that locks the plastic end cap onto the wiper
To replace the rubbers you need to use a small screwdriver to lift this catch open...it sounds like for some reason the cap wasn't fully engaged with the catch and the force of the wipers has pushed the whole lot out of the blade
The catch is very small and quite difficult to see
To replace the rubbers you need to use a small screwdriver to lift this catch open...it sounds like for some reason the cap wasn't fully engaged with the catch and the force of the wipers has pushed the whole lot out of the blade
The catch is very small and quite difficult to see
Top Banana said:
Having just replaced my wiper blades rubbers I can tell you that there is a spring catch on the wiper blades that locks the plastic end cap onto the wiper
To replace the rubbers you need to use a small screwdriver to lift this catch open...it sounds like for some reason the cap wasn't fully engaged with the catch and the force of the wipers has pushed the whole lot out of the blade
The catch is very small and quite difficult to see
+1 to this. Supergluing might make it tricky just to replace the rubber blade only in the future unless the other end can be popped off To replace the rubbers you need to use a small screwdriver to lift this catch open...it sounds like for some reason the cap wasn't fully engaged with the catch and the force of the wipers has pushed the whole lot out of the blade
The catch is very small and quite difficult to see
Replaced blades multiple times on my pure and never had a problem. When refitting IIRC you can feel a slight click when it's engaged properly.
jont- said:
+1 to this. Supergluing might make it tricky just to replace the rubber blade only in the future unless the other end can be popped off
Replaced blades multiple times on my pure and never had a problem. When refitting IIRC you can feel a slight click when it's engaged properly.
The bottom cap can be removed so no real issue replacing the rubber. I would really like to know how the clip had been broken on the top cap in the first place.Replaced blades multiple times on my pure and never had a problem. When refitting IIRC you can feel a slight click when it's engaged properly.
CoolC said:
Do those have the windscreen wash outlets built into those blades? I thought it was a valeo (IIRC) specific thing, but maybe the patent has now expired.jont- said:
CoolC said:
Do those have the windscreen wash outlets built into those blades? I thought it was a valeo (IIRC) specific thing, but maybe the patent has now expired.Good guide on FB A110 Owners group.
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