From: Brent Patterson on
I have a 2003 Toyota Avalon. The wiper blades do not rest in the end area
when turned off; however, the wipers work fine when in use. Any ideas?

Brent


From: Hachiroku ハチロク on
On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:15:25 -0600, Brent Patterson wrote:

> I have a 2003 Toyota Avalon. The wiper blades do not rest in the end area
> when turned off; however, the wipers work fine when in use. Any ideas?
>
> Brent

Hmmm....most of my knowledge extends to older (80's) Toyotas, however,
wipers don't change much. The Avalon has wipers that come from the pass
side towards the driver's side,right?

Wiper arms sometimes have a nut that holds them to the pinion, and
sometimes they are pressed on. The end of the arm is a kind of attached
cap that can be pried up (carefully! These things are nasty on fingers!)
and expose the nut. You can loosen the nut, pull off the wiper arm, move
it over ONE spline and reattach the nut. Over the course of years things
may have gotten out of alignment futher down the chain; this is the easy
way to realign everything (like removing the steering whel on pre-airbag
cars and moving it one spline was a good way to realign the steering wheel
to the correct position...)

It may not have a nut, and may just pull off. Do everything gently so you
don't move too far from the original position.

Quick, easy and cheap...not necessarily correct...



From: Ray O on

"Brent Patterson" <brentcj(a)mchsi.com> wrote in message
news:t9mdnePzUovysc_WnZ2dnUVZ_tSdnZ2d(a)mchsi.com...
>I have a 2003 Toyota Avalon. The wiper blades do not rest in the end area
>when turned off; however, the wipers work fine when in use. Any ideas?
>
> Brent
>

If the park position of both wiper arms are a little high, then they are
probably in what I call the "snow" or "cleaning" position. Push the
passenger side wiper arm down. It takes a pretty fair amount of downward
pressure and it feels like you are going to break the arm but it should pop
back down.
--

Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)


From: Mike Hunter on
Turn the wipers on when you need them?


"Brent Patterson" <brentcj(a)mchsi.com> wrote in message
news:t9mdnePzUovysc_WnZ2dnUVZ_tSdnZ2d(a)mchsi.com...
>I have a 2003 Toyota Avalon. The wiper blades do not rest in the end area
>when turned off; however, the wipers work fine when in use. Any ideas?
>
> Brent
>


From: in2dadark on
On Jan 16, 4:15 pm, "Brent Patterson" <bren...(a)mchsi.com> wrote:
> I have a 2003 Toyota Avalon. The wiper blades do not rest in the end area
> when turned off; however, the wipers work fine when in use. Any ideas?
>
> Brent

A car question..? How odd..