How To Replace Front Windscreen Wiper

[ColinC1]

Found my wiper was fraying at the end by about one inch, must have been due to clearing ice and snow on the windscreen, was just the final straw.

 

Bought a new one today at Citroen parts and it was £20.11 pence, yes, twenty pounds !

But it is the whole blade assembly, ie, metal holder 25.5 inches with rubber blade.

 

Why a genuine part you ask, well I had previously bought wiper blades assembles from Halfords for my previous car and although they are cheaper, they use a much harder silicon rubber which tend to squeak a lot.

 

Now for the fitting....

 

when you lift the arm of the front wiper blade assembly, you find the pentagraph arm (the extra arm that controls the sweep) stops the whole blade being lifted more than four inches above the glass.

 

Most blade fitting on cars requires you to lift the blade assembly ninty degrees to remove, so how do you fit the blade ?

 

I did it the easy way, I asked the parts guy if he would fit it for me :D

And well done to Citroen parts department, he fitted it in seconds.

 

All you do is lift the arm slightly and unclip the blade assembly, pull back and out,

Installing the new blade is similar, just clips straight in, with no need to lift the blade very much.

 

Or better still do what I did, and just get Citroen to fit it :unsure:

[brandonl]

Found my wiper was fraying at the end by about one inch, must have been due to clearing ice and snow on the windscreen, was just the final straw.

 

Bought a new one today at Citroen parts and it was £20.11 pence, yes, twenty pounds !

But it is the whole blade assembly, ie, metal holder 25.5 inches with rubber blade.

 

Why a genuine part you ask, well I had previously bought wiper blades assembles from Halfords for my previous car and although they are cheaper, they use a much harder silicon rubber which tend to squeak a lot.

 

Now for the fitting....

 

when you lift the arm of the front wiper blade assembly, you find the pentagraph arm (the extra arm that controls the sweep) stops the whole blade being lifted more than four inches above the glass.

 

Most blade fitting on cars requires you to lift the blade assembly ninty degrees to remove, so how do you fit the blade ?

 

I did it the easy way, I asked the parts guy if he would fit it for me :D

And well done to Citroen parts department, he fitted it in seconds.

 

All you do is lift the arm slightly and unclip the blade assembly, pull back and out,

Installing the new blade is similar, just clips straight in, with no need to lift the blade very much.

 

Or better still do what I did, and just get Citroen to fit it :unsure:

 

I have used two online suppliers for wiper blades in the past, they both gave a good service,they worked fine and saved me a few £'s. Both had fitting videos even I could understand.Lucaswiperblades.co.uk and wiperblades.co.uk.