Rear Window Wiper and De-Frogger Questions

coltarms · Post by **coltarms** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 5:44 pm

My rear wiper doesn't like to keep very good tension against the glass, and therefor it doesn't do a very good job wiping. Anyone ever replace the spring of figure out a way to fix this? It also doesn't come away from the glass (when I pull it out to clean the window or change the blade) more than an inch or two. Is this normal?

There are a couple of breaks in the lines for the rear window de-frogger. The FSM states to use DuPont Paste #4817 as a repair agent. Anyone ever use this stuff?

keith · Post by **keith** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 6:19 pm

Spray some WD40 on the spring and vicinity at the base of the wiper arm. It should loosen up and work right. There are a number of repair products for the defogger, I've never used any of them yet.

Post by **ARCHINSTL** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 10:25 pm

I have the same situation vis-a-vis the rear defogger wires. A friend had good results with the Permatex Kit #09117, so I purchased one at Autozone and will hopefully get to it this weekend. I'll report back at that time.
Tom M.

takza · Post by **takza** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:27 am

I haven't found an aftermarket arm for the back window...have the same poor wiping action. Pivot rusts all the time...I put oil on it now and then.

Typrus · Post by **Typrus** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 9:13 am

Funny, the 84 has the same issue. 86 and 87, with the upright arms, have always worked very well. Just something about those horizontal arms I guess.