daverclasper Posted July 20, 2018 Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 Hi Wiper blade rubber/s has gone hard. Seems you can only buy the whole arm, not just the blade?. Any tips on just buying the blade/modifying a generic rubber blade please?. Cheers, Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68vitesse Posted July 20, 2018 Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 Have used Halfords blade rubbers needed a little adjustment of the blade holders though. Last blades I bought at Stoneleigh for my Vifesse where expensive and rubbish like a lot of repro parts. Regards Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted July 21, 2018 Report Share Posted July 21, 2018 I bought a set of rubbers off fleabay and just swopped them for the old ones. Easy enough to buy some oversize ones and cut to length. Probably work just as well as the old ones did. I don't think the wipers were up to much when the car first came off the assembly line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted July 21, 2018 Report Share Posted July 21, 2018 having tried many blades and inserts with the onward crap results we get from so many i used thes guys for the 2000 blades they do 12" for the small chassis range to fit a 7mm arm , have not looked at what arms they sell but these blades work well on the curved screen and squeegee nicely https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/12-Stainless-Steel-7mm-Wiper-Blades-1960s-to-early-1980s-British-cars/230987048287?hash=item35c7e6a55f:g:oH4AAMXQHDlRdQvf i have used https://www.vintagecarparts.co.uk/search?query=wiper+arms to select adjustable length 12mm spline drive bayonet fitting arms then you can extendable the arms to get better height in the wipe or even fit longer blades i have searched and enquired about aero type blades but getting them to fit is not easily done ; there is no hook arm to take our 12mm spline drive and the supposed fitting kits are generally for a 10mm arm with a giant adaptor like a sparrow whizzing across the screen . Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gully Posted July 21, 2018 Report Share Posted July 21, 2018 I've bought a couple of sets of Trico NOS curved screen blades and NOS Trico refill blades off eBay. They work well. Certainly better than the rubbish Tex ones that are on the car at the moment as a temporary fit whilst I hold off baking the refill blades in this weather! Gully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daverclasper Posted July 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2018 Thanks folks. Some good food for thought. I assume it's the U.V that wrecks rubber etc, more so than the temp?. Cheers, Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted July 21, 2018 Report Share Posted July 21, 2018 Some rubbers are made of recycled tractor tyres, just too hard to act as a squeegee Theres some discussion way back kn here and I think the bosch came out best Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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