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Wth is up with my wiper arm

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting' started by cleanneon98, Dec 6, 2017.

  1. cleanneon98

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    0E252895-243D-4ECD-847B-FD27FE37E53B.jpeg 8DC4894C-1DD9-4FB6-9A08-2B5BB0079988.jpeg Ok guys I thought I had a bent stock arm (got the car used) so I ordered a replacement on eBay. Still sticks up though and my OCD is killing me. Notice other Prii don’t have this issue. Using toyota hybrid oem wipers as well
     
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    i'll go take a look at mine, never noticed anything, but i have OTE.
     
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    Hey I posted in the wrong section this isn’t a V just a regular Prius. Flagging for mods to move sorry
     
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    no problem, i have a '12 pip, so wipers should be the same.
     
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    Took a look at mine, the arm is flush with the blade there, no angle (as marked up below). Maybe the arm is bent??

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    Yea it was like this with the arm on the car AND the replacement. There’s a chance both are bent but I find that unlikely somehow
     
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    Maybe remove the whole arm, and the wiper blade, then clamp the end in a vice and try to bend it back?

    Here's mine for comparison:

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    (Focus is a bit off)
     
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    Yea I can make mine look like that when its up too but not when its down.
     
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    On the glass:

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    Never mind. I just went out and bent the arm. The metal is fairly soft anyway, not sure if on purpose, but i was able to tweak it back to normal pretty easily. Can't believe it took this long to figure out lol
     
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