wiper question

Hey guys
New to civics here (always drove toyota LC's) and loving every minute.
Just bought a 91 civic HB with 44k miles, and its awesome. No speed
demon, but gets me everywhere I want to go.
One question though,
On high speed, the wipers go beyond the bounds of hte glass by about
..5 inch in each direction, getting bound up on the down stroke, and
wiping off the glass on the upstroke.
If i keep it on low speed, it works just fine, staying in place well,
but once I go quick, its all over.
Any ideas?
thanks guys!
AER

 

Maybe they are aftermarket? What does the manual or dealer say is standard
size?

 

I have not seen this problem before so can only guess. This idea may or
may not work. The wipers may have been installed incorrectly. Pull both of
the wipers off and reinstall one of them. When you slide it into
place--move it about one inch higher than it is right now. Try it and see
if this solves the problem. If not, reinstall it about 2 inches higher
than it is right now. I hope my idea works. If not--I wonder if they
installed the wrong type of wiper motors on your vehicle.

 

I know what you mean about installing them higher, but they already
wipe higher on the upstroke when on highspeed, so setting them higher
would make them go further off the window than it already does.
Its funny. The cars been serviced by the dealer since day one (i have
alllll papers on it) and wipers were never replaced.

I supposed they COULD be too long, but They dont look too long, or
even longer than other civics I have seen (I checked this ouf first)

THey only over arch on high speed. Low speed and intermittant stop at
the right spot, staying on the window just fine....
Wierd....
And when I turn them off, they reset to the correct neutral position.
Its like the momentum is just carrying them too far on high speeed....
AER

 

Are these the correct wipers (sold in centimeters) or some
cheap (and overpriced) third party wipers (sold in inches)?
Quick way to learn. Hondas have two stainless steel ribs
placed inside wiper blade rubber. Then wiper blade is slid
into arm. Inferior blades throw away the entire arm and those
stainless steel ribs so that you will never again be able to
use superior Honda blades. If the rubber wiper blade has
plastic stiffeners or feels like dried out rubber, then
someone so hated the car as to install inferior wiper blades.

Honda blades last one year or more. Cheap third party
blades typically last about 3 months. Honda uses superior
rubber - not cost controls. However if you have the cheap and
inferior replacement type blades (sold in inches), then go to
the dealer for new arms that include that superior wiper blade
and the stainless steel stiffener ribs.

 

Just thought I'd throw in my two cents worth here. I have after market
Teflon wiper blades on my Accord. They have the metal inserts in the sides
of the blades. Also, the packages they are sold in

 

Brand name and retail suppliers? Have yet to find a single
major aftermarket blade that was anything but a result of cost
control management. Most Hondas have had the good wiper arms
removed by a gas station, etc who only sell their inferior
rubber. Also some are so frustrated by bad blades as to
install two wipers on one arm - rather than get the better
blade at the dealer.

It is a problem. Too many of us buy only on price and get
the wiper blades we deserve.

 

Believe it or not, Motomaster available (obviously) at Canadian Tire. And, I
was mistaken about the measurements, they are only marked in inches.

 

Hi,
Gimme a break, do you think Honda is makeing their own blades?
Tony

 

Just how much of the total car do you think the Honda 'makes' ? bob

Tony Hwang wrote:>

 

Tony Hwang's comments are totally irrelevant to this
discussion. Properly sized wiper blades, that also last
longer, are sold in the Honda dealer. Defined is how to
identify Honda blades (sold in centimeters) verses inferior
third party blades (sold in inches) that would not be properly
sized - that were too large for the car.

 

The units of measurement of the wiper blade has nothing to do with quality,
period! To think otherwise is to be considered a fool. Pardon me for being
blunt, but, that is what you come across as being.

 

Politically correct is polite lying. Blunt is being
honest. You have not insulted me. You were blunt which means
being honest. An honorable way to post. Question is also
quite appropriate.

Although centimeters verses inches should have no
relationship, instead many wiper blades sold in inches are
made with inferior rubber, that dispose of those better Honda
wiper arms, that last only three months, and that sometimes
don't quite fit. How dare they. After all, all cars are
manufactured in centimeters; not inches. But wiper blades
sold in inches can then use fewer blades to fit more cars.
Just because they don't quite fit does not matter. And that
is the original poster's problem. Sounds like he got wiper
blades sold in inches. Wiper blades sold in centimeters meet a
more exacting length. Therefore they will be sold to fit that
car - not approximate for every car.

Other numbers should also not mean reliability. But they
do. For example, cars with higher quality have engines of
about 70 Hp per liter. Higher failure engines (that also make
more noise) typically do 52 Hp per liter. Performance should
not be a measure of reliability. However there is a strong
relationship between higher performance and reliability.

It even gets more interesting. The low performance 48 and
52 Hp per liter engines also are attached to cars that tend to
eat tires faster. Better cars average 70,000 miles per first
tire set. Lower performance do more like 40,000 miles - and
often require periodic wheel alignment. Also those lower
performance vehicles tend to wander more on the highway;
periodic steering wheel adjustments necessary after maybe
three expansion joints. Why would steering be related to
performance? It tends to.

There should be no relationship between wipers sold in
inches and those in centimeters. But those sold in inches
more often don't quite fit. There should be no relationship
between engine performance and tire wear. But there is.

In the meantime, Tony Hwang's comment still remain totally
irrelevant to how wiper blades fit a Honda.

Looking forward to an honest (blunt) response.

 

Thank you.

What fact do you have to prove this point?

I thought you were talking about the blades, but, here you mention the arms.

I truly don't see a problem with the unit of measure. I have had many
vehicles through my life, and have never (to my knowledge) purchased a pair
of wiper blades, that were packaged as being measured in the metric unit.

Okay, a larger engine doesn't have to work as hard as a smaller engine, to
maintain the same speed.

In this case I would have to say that (in my opinion), the quality of the
tires is the reason that some tires out perform/last longer than others. The
same can be said of the steering components.

As I stated above, I have never experienced this.

The main relationship could be said to be; how hard the driver of the
vehicle, stands on the go pedal.

To a certain point, yes. But, you (I believe it was you) sounded as if,
Honda made the blades themselves.

That's it for me tonight, work in the morning.

 

Hi,
On any car, only major component is designed and manufactured by
manufacturer. (NGK) spark plug, (Nippon Denso) alternator, starter,
glass, rims, seats, suspension, do you think Honda makes them all?
Parts makers make them per Honda spec. like any other manufacturers.
Then they put Honda stamp. Heard of Exedy clutch? Major Japanese
OEM cluth maker.
Tony

 

Hi,
Exactly, when I go buy a set of blades, I take old ones off and
get the same dimension ones. Like anything else, you get what you
pay for. I got an impresson, "Honda blade or else sentiment"
If after market, third party parts are all inferior, how can they
stay in busisness? Again, you get what you pay for.
Tony