Recently, I started hearing an annoying rubbing sound at the top of my wiper blade travel on the passenger side. Upon closer inspection I found that the blade had detached from the arm as shown above. Thus, when the blade changed direction at the top of its arc, the rubber was dragging on the windscreen.
For replacements, I decided to go with a set of Braumach. These are very different from the existing blades and are basically composed of a long floppy arm that wipes the windscreen. Given that, even when new, the existing blades were not great at keeping the screen clear, I thought I’d give these new ones a go.
To get the original blades off you’ll find a small lever near the pivot point as shown above. When you push or pinch it towards the blade is probably a better description, you will be able to slide the whole wiper assembly off by moving it towards the windscreen. You may need to slide the water delivery pipe down a little to permit this.
Removing the blade assembly will reveal a hook as shown above, onto which the assembly attaches. This is why the blade assembly slides off towards the windscreen initially.
You simply hook the replacement wipers in place on the wiper arm and use their locking mechanism to secure them. Pretty easy. I also noted that the actual rubber on the new blades had a plastic cover which also needs to be removed.
With both wipers back in place with new blades, I took the old blades to the local auto accessories shop and got new rubber blades for that assembly as well. These needs to be fitted and then trimmed to suit. I decided to leave the old blades off but keep them stored, and see how these new ones go. The new ones look more like the wipers on modern cars, such as my daily drive, so I’ll be interested to see how they perform in the wet compared to the original ones.
So a pretty painless process overall and hopefully my blades no longer make an annoying noise at the top of their travel and they provide better visibility.
Love the F355 