[AndrewCjDuong]

Anyone else have this issue? My driver side windshield wiper hits the side of my windshield. The black strip. It's so annoying. Makes a click everytime.


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[Snipa]

Only thing I could think of is the arm is bent.

My sister's van has the same issue and I've seen her pulling the wiper arm into the air to remove ice/snow from it

 

[outlaw]

try taking the wiper arm off and repositioning it so it sits lower on the glass. it might be positioned too high right now

 

[Lexx]

try taking the wiper arm off and repositioning it so it sits lower on the glass. it might be positioned too high right now

Repositioning the arm will not help as the motor only has its certain drive angle UNLESS the teeth has worn and slipped the arm out of position, which would still end up having to dig down to the wiper motor. The only cause of this happening would be a bent wiper arm like said above or the linkage and motor went out of position.

I hope you dont have to do any of the above and its an easy fix. Just my $0.02 up above from personal experience.

 

[awoc]

The arm has many fine teeth that it uses to mount to the drive shaft. You can remove the arm and turn it one tooth. I had the same issue after I installed the 06+ arm. To remove the arms I had to use a valve spring compressor tool. They did not want to come off easily. What ever you do DONT pry on the arms after the nuts are taken off. You will brake the delicate mounting tabs of the windshield wiper motor assembly. I found this the hard way :bill:.

 

[Kevin]

do you have an aftermarket wiper?

 

[AndrewCjDuong]

do you have an aftermarket wiper?

Yeah I do. Been finding that they suck at wiping too. Should I just go back to OEM? I think I had OEM before and I don't remember ever noticing this but I just replaced them recently and they've gotten annoying lol.

 

[Kevin]

Yeah I do. Been finding that they suck at wiping too. Should I just go back to OEM? I think I had OEM before and I don't remember ever noticing this but I just replaced them recently and they've gotten annoying lol.

the offset of the 06+ wipers are different. Theres only a few wipers that will fit 06+.. so stick with oem. Donno why play swap it out in the first place.

 

[SoCaliTrojan]

the offset of the 06+ wipers are different. Theres only a few wipers that will fit 06+.. so stick with oem. Donno why play swap it out in the first place.

I have seen quite a few threads over the years about how wipers bought at stores don't fit our TSXs. Some people just get a smaller-sized blade so that it doesn't hit the pillar. The TSX was infamous for chattering wipers, so there was a time when replacing them with aftermarket blades was desireable.

If you get the updated OEM wiper blade and arm, you won't have the chattering wiper issue. I still cringe when it rains because of years of having to listen to the wipers, and then when my new OEM wipers wipe silently, I suddenly have a happy feeling.

 

[AndrewCjDuong]

the offset of the 06+ wipers are different. Theres only a few wipers that will fit 06+.. so stick with oem. Donno why play swap it out in the first place.

I have an 04 TSX. I didn't do the arm modification or anything but I'll take your word on it and replace it back to OEM.

 

[Coastie5685]

Hey. I have got this issue. The passenger side. Bought the car used recently and just figured she purchased the wrong size. Maybe I'll switch to OEM next but for now it doesn't bother me that much. Nor does it ruin paint.

 

[gyang401]

its the wiper motor itself....whatever it is inside...is f-dup...new motor will be needed...i got the same problem, took the driver side arm off, and i could twist/play with the stud about a 1/4 back and forth...which the wiper arm gets inserted..!

 

[AndrewCjDuong]

Solved a year ago but I just had to unbolt the wiper and readjust it.