Don't drive in the rain...

[NYNick]

..because my stinkin' passenger side wiper arm fell off somewhere! I backtracked twice to no avail. Anybody got one for a squaretail?

Crap.

[halboyles]

That is exactly why I drill and tap threads for a small set screw in the body of the wiper arm head to lock it to the ribbed spindle.

[fjord-tii]

+1 Lost driver side wiper arm, fortunately no one ran over it given price of those things.

[NYNick]

1 hour ago, halboyles said:

That is exactly why I drill and tap threads for a small set screw in the body of the wiper arm head to lock it to the ribbed spindle.

Now you tell me!

[kiva667]

Years ago, just after I bought my car, I drove 6 or 7 miles on I-5 in the pouring rain. I exited the interstate and parked the car at the end of an off-ramp, where my p/s wiper promptly fell off and came to rest on the hood. That little incident prompted me to change the arms’ positions. As seen in the pic below a PO had installed them reversed.

 

It’s a wonder I didn’t lose the arm while going 60 mph...

Edited April 22, 2021 by kiva667

[jp5Touring]

I did not know this

[TVeye]

I promised my car that it would never see rain again. So traumatized.

[2002Scoob]

Had this happen to me in Munich on the way to a job interview once. Was running a little late, saw it go on the freeway, and just had to keep moving and say 'goodbye' 

[fjord-tii]

RainX helps. It was developed for airplanes. I use it on every vehicle and helmet visor after driving open cars.

[Vicleonardo1]

3 hours ago, fjord-tii said:

RainX helps. It was developed for airplanes. I use it on every vehicle and helmet visor after driving open cars.

Aquapel is even better. Lasts a ton longer and seems more hydrophobic that RainX.

I should know being from the Pacific "Northwet"....  Many times there is no need to even turn on the wipers.

I  still see clearly even with a Semi in front of me blowing a thick cloud of foggy wetness....

[Einspritz]

My Grandfather told me he used to wipe a cut potato on the taxi cab windshield s he used to drive in San Francisco, as wipers had not been invented yet.......back in '10...... 1910. He was 14 at the time........

 

Isn't that the same??

 

They also had call boxes on the street corners to hail a cab. You know, the antique version of Uber. What is old is new again!

 

But I digress.

 

Seriously, I have used that Rain X since it was "NEW". Found I could even have the sunroof open and the wipers off at highway speeds in the Summertime thunderstorms.

 

Will have to seek out Aquapel.... maybe it's made from potatoes..

 

[Vicleonardo1]

With Aquapel,  just beware it doesn't apply like RainX. Don't let it dry before you wipe it off.  You crack the inner container on the applicator before you put it on, a little puff of smoke comes out of it then you wipe it on the windshield. Makes me feel like I am  in a scene from Harry Potter. There usually is plenty of solution to the the back window and the sides at times as well. 

It lasts a very long time before you need to reapply it. 

 

Cheers!