AaronM Posted August 11, 2004 Report Share Posted August 11, 2004 Hi, I was driving my car today and it started to rain. I turned on the wipers and everything was fine. Then I noticed the wiper on the driver side moved to the left more and more each swipe. Then, it finally went so far to the left, it flopped off the windshield and then returned to it. I turned off the wipers and the passenger side wiper went back to the original position, but the driver side wiper that flopped off the side returned right in the middle of the windshield. I stopped the car and pushed the wiper back down to where it was suppose to be. I then turned on the wipers again and it did the same thing. The wiper arm moves to the left more with each swipe. Does anyone know what the problem might be. My dad said he will take a look at it tomorrow. Thanks! Aaron 18 Year Old Male Black 1992 STS 4.9L 90,XXX Miles Flowmaster 80 series muffler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epricedright Posted August 11, 2004 Report Share Posted August 11, 2004 Sounds like your driver side wiper arm is loose. Try tightening the wiper arm. Lift the cap off where the blade connects to the shaft and tighten the nut...but you may want to 1st take off the blades and turn your your wipers on, then off to realign them, then put them back on with the blades at the down, rested position. Hope that helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stsjoe Posted August 11, 2004 Report Share Posted August 11, 2004 The wiper arm is stripped on the post, no biggie if tightning the bolt dosent help just put a washer under it (the bolt) and retorque. I left mine on it snowed started the car the next day and stripped em both! this fix has lasted a year Good Luck Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronM Posted August 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2004 Thanks! I that must be the problem! This winter, I went out in the car to start it up just for fun. Then, for some stupid reason, I turned on the wipers when there was probably a foot of snow on top of her. I must have stripped them. 18 Year Old Male Black 1992 STS 4.9L 90,XXX Miles Flowmaster 80 series muffler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stsjoe Posted August 11, 2004 Report Share Posted August 11, 2004 If you buy new arms just remember to clean the ground up alu. out of the teeth on the posts or there a BEAR to get on. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSchlossmann Posted August 11, 2004 Report Share Posted August 11, 2004 My wiper blade on the driver side did the same thing. Both splines on the shaft and the blade were badly damaged. I had the darnest time getting the plastic cover off the wiper blade arm just to get at the nut. I used a two part epoxy mix on the shaft and a multi sided lock nut washer under the nut. It's worked fine now for several years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adallak Posted August 11, 2004 Report Share Posted August 11, 2004 Then I noticed the wiper on the driver side moved to the left more and more each swipe AaronM, Cadillacs do it to new drivers all the time... You just should have waited untill the wiper wiped up all the driver side windows, the back window an returned to its original position. It would never do it again. The saddest thing in life is wasted talent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronM Posted August 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2004 Adallak-HAHA! You are too funny! Thanks everyone for the replies! I am going to take a look at it tomorrow. It is really cold today. It is August and it is only 56 degrees, brrrrr! 18 Year Old Male Black 1992 STS 4.9L 90,XXX Miles Flowmaster 80 series muffler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronM Posted August 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2004 Hi, Thanks for all the replies! I went out and checked the wiper arm bolt, and all it needed was a little turn to tighten it up. Now it all works perfect, whew . 18 Year Old Male Black 1992 STS 4.9L 90,XXX Miles Flowmaster 80 series muffler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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