No matter the temp , today it’s 31 and snowing and my left wiper keeps forming ice on it preventing it from clearly wiping. What’s a good temp setting to prevent this? Never had this problem with other trucks....
How to prevent ice from forming on cascadia windshield wipers?
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buy winter wiper blades, and coat the arm with WD 40, try not to get any on the rubber?
coat the entire metal arm (from the connection at the transmission) with WD 40 as well, or any silicon sprays for that matter.
some people also recommend pulling down the inside sun visor close to the windshield, to trap air up in there to help the window stay warmer, i never found that to work. -
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If it’s close to the freezing point, lots of heat on the windshield.
If it’s colder and your going down the highway, no heat on the windshield. The ice will evaporate on its own.
Winter blades help. I found that the factory blades are too long 24-26”?) I went down to 20” blades , that helps the wiper cut through the snow better.Lepton1, Oxbow, whoopNride and 5 others Thank this. -
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Welcome to Freightliner World of nice weather driving. Been battling this for 20 years in my Argosy, Century Class platform.
And has been expressed, an industry wide issue.
Smaller winter blades, bend the arm so more spring pressure is applied, as much heat as you can direct, except in dry snow conditions.
Stop if needed and break the stuff off, pro active helps,soon as it appears the conditions are ripe, start the checklist. -
The best way I've found is to never drive north of the I-10 in winter. Works like a charm.
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I use the winter RainX wiper fluid. Pretty good at melting the snow to a certain point. Around the negatives it’s smudges more than clears though.
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