Wipers- dislike and fix. One of my pet peeves.

[Bobby Chapman]

Do not like that wipers do not go down all the way beneath the hood (will fix another day by taking off and moving down one spline).
21" blade on passenger. Side was hitting windshield gasket flipping it around, 20" blade has fixed that for now.
When I move blades down a spline may need to change to 19" blade, not sure yet.

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[FreedomPenguin]

Do all mavericks do this?

 

[oysterville]

Do all mavericks do this?

No

 

[Glen Baker LLC]

Bobby,
The wiper stops close but it does not touch.
The stop on the wiper motor needs adjustment. OR....

Perhaps you can pull the wiper arm off of the spline and adjust it up one notch.

 

[Bobby Chapman]

Bobby,
The wiper stops close but it does not touch.
The stop on the wiper motor needs adjustment. OR....

Perhaps you can pull the wiper arm off of the spline and adjust it up one notch.

Yes but this will not hide wipers when down into hood cavity, thank you for your input .

 

[Glen Baker LLC]

Yes but this will not hide wipers when down into hood cavity, thank you for your input .

Sorry about that.
I now understand what you want to achieve.
You want to redesign the wiper system so that it hides beneath the hood. How much clean windshield area will you be sacrificing with shorter blades for aesthetics.

Don't forget the passenger wiper is the one that cleans the camera

 

[Tbone289]

You'll want to be sure not to shorten the passenger blade so much that it doesn't clean the area in front of the camera. If that area remains dirty, you will get warnings from pre-collision assist not being available due to obstruction.

 

[Bobby Chapman]

Sorry about that.
I now understand what you want to achieve.
You want to redesign the wiper system so that it hides beneath the hood. How much clean windshield area will you be sacrificing with shorter blades for aesthetics.

Not sure yet. To be determined

 

[Bobby Chapman]

You'll want to be sure not to shorten the passenger blade so much that it doesn't clean the area in front of the camera. If that area remains dirty, you will get warnings from pre-collision assist not being available due to obstruction.

I will check , thanks

 

[Glen Baker LLC]

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I will check , thanks

Passenger side wiper wipes the camera area.
I posted this picture above in post #6

Be glad you're not trying to hide these on a Ford Escape

 

[colinl]

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Passenger side wiper wipes the camera area.
I posted this picture above in post #6

Be glad you're not trying to hide these on a Ford Escape

I don't think I have a pic handy, but I had a set of Michelin wiper blades that I bought at Costco and they were between a half and 3/4" shorter than the stock blades. they wiped the camera area but just barely.

I switched to a different type of blade. Never really cared that they stick up a little. I have seen people complain about them not sticking up higher because they want to extend the wipers off the windshield in wintry weather. Which you actually can do, you just better remember to put the wipers down before you touch the stalk and don't shut off the ignition unless they're in the off position.

 

[Glen Baker LLC]

I don't think I have a pic handy, but I had a set of Michelin wiper blades that I bought at Costco and they were between a half and 3/4" shorter than the stock blades. they wiped the camera area but just barely.

I switched to a different type of blade. Never really cared that they stick up a little. I have seen people complain about them not sticking up higher because they want to extend the wipers off the windshield in wintry weather. Which you actually can do, you just better remember to put the wipers down before you touch the stalk and don't shut off the ignition unless they're in the off position.

As my picture shows.
You can't get much more "barely than stock" and still keep the camera clean.

 

[Ozarkbeard]

Do all mavericks do this?

Mine does. But it doesn't bother me.

 

[PNWMaverick]

When off your wipers should tuck below the hood line.

 

[Tbone289]

When off your wipers should tuck below the hood line.

They tuck slightly below the lowest wiping position and below the visible section of the windshield but, no, they don't tuck below the hood line.

EDIT: I was going to take a picture of how they're above the hood line when "parked", but @Bobby Chapman already posted one:

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