>We just have to deal with wiper arms that  strip when you turn on the
>wipers and there is too much snow or ice on the windshield.

This happened all the time on my older Beetles. Heavy, wet snow would do
them every time. I tried a bunch of things, and finally just drilled a
hole through the post and the wiper arm mount, and put a pin in it, and no
more problems.

Mark