sluggish wiper motors

[gudjeon]

Howdy Safeair,

I had put the Rain-x one time in my car. I used the windshield washer fluid that rain-x had put out. It had left a film in my windshield that would smear into a fine haze and would be blinding at night. I cleaned the windshield very well and it still did this. Even when the fluid was changed for the cheap blue stuff. The wipers gummed with the stuff and they chattered and smeared. I finally used a good strong ammonia to get rid of the film and put new wipers on to bring it back to "normal".

I am not slagging the stuff and I like how the rain streaked off at speed. As a personal thing, I would not use it again (gunshy, you could say).

[zayante]

I used Rain-x on my Alfa GTV-6 windshield, and it worked great. It did tend to mess up the wiper blades, though, causing either deterioration (the common belief on the Alfa listserve) or contamination of the wiper edge.

I agree about the effectiveness being related to windshield rake. Also road speed. It's great on the freeway on a properly raked windscreen.

[rovers2a]

can try this link http://www.roversnorth.com/store/t-t...tipswiper.aspx

[StX_Rovers]

Our experience here has been that Rain-X works great, half the time I don't even bother with the wiper motor or just grab the parking handle and make a couple of quick swipes. I have never had the streaking problem. Remember you are supposed to buff the Rain X after it has dried to a haze. Even in the tropical sun it lasts at least a month.

As DaveB mentioned, I also found that a ground strap made a big difference (for the better) to the wiper motor's operation. Remember that they have a rubber boot all around them so there is really not much of a ground at all. Also make sure that the blade of the switch is making good contact, it might help to bend it up a little bit.