E70 rear wiper upgrade question?

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Originally Posted by Qsilver7

I have no issue...but didn't need to "bend" or manipulate the spring. When you install the e70 rear wiper arm on the spindle...you can put pressure in that location and it will start to "flatten" the wiper blade (which puts more pressure on the blade)...I then tightened the nut down on the wiper arm.


I took some pics the other day when it was raining and was going to upload them onto another thread at a later date. But may upload them here if I can get around to it.

Yep, same here - pressure on the spindle while installing the wiper does the trick.