Hi all,
As a coworker told me the other day...its surprising that this 100k tractor, it cost so much...yet they can't get the wipers to work worth beans.

I have an 06 Century S/T and the wipers suck. I can't tell how many spray jets there are...I thought three, but i can only see two. Half the windshield gets spray while the other tickles the window and smears dirt around. The wiper itself seems to jump and skip the last 5 inches of travel on the left side of my windshield and when I have to spray a bunch of spray to get the wipers to push the excess towards the top...the spray then goes off the windshield due to the wind and lands on the side view mirrors!

Does anyone know how to fix this? There is a new blade on there and Im wondering about the spray nozzles as far as how many there are. I might look into buying another spring as well for the arm. ALthough I need to find a way to degrease the window as well as something is smearing like oil all over the bottom half of the windshield.

Ideas?
Thanks, Ryan

The wipers and washers are bad on trucks. I found a wiper blade at wal-mart called triple edge that works better the most i use them on my truck and my wife's. I hope that will help.

Wiper blades are cheap, carry several new ones, and when one doesn't work, put on a new one. There should be nozzel attached with a clip to your wiper handle, if that is junk, just replace the hose and clip. Make sure to put good quality (Prestone) as washer fluid, it helps more than you think.

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Hey Ryan,

I had the same problem on my Pumpkin truck as you are having. I was told that trico sells a winter blade that has a boot on it. In essence, it keeps any snow/ice/debris from clogging the blade, thus ensuring an even amount of pressure along the whole blade. I didn't get the chance to try them at all but that's what I hear...may look into that. I'm going to check it out.

Be safe brutha!

Well, I think with my truck, there are two nozzles, and Im not sure how the heck to even get up there to get a better look, lol. Id imagine I would have to order a part through freightliner for the hose and clip and nozzle?

i had a problem with the top of my windshield not getting sprayed. i brought it up at the terminal and they cleaned the nozzle. problem solved.
during the summer most washer fluid id usless anyway. i usually stop every 2-3 hours to clean my windshield,as a dirty windshield drives me NUTS!!!

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