with the wiper arm removed from the shaft..
how does the shaft feel ..loose ?

what happens when you run the wipers with the wiper arm removed ?
Do the shaft turn smoothly and run  true ?

The pivot points where the arm is held to the window by a spring ..
are those lubed ?

in my experience, that is a spot on many cars that *no one* ever, ever
thinks about, or  lubes, or even looks at .
  - one of about 50 spots on vanagons that no one ever lubes ..
spots the move, slide, pivot............and wear, that get zero
attention ever.

On 10/17/2013 6:51 AM, T Collins wrote:
> I have been suffering of a floppy drivers side wiper. I'm not sure why this
> is. I'm using the same type of blades on both arms, but the passenger side
> does not float away from the windshield at speed. I have tried bending the
> arm a bit, that helped, but we are back to this "floating" on the park
> position.
>
> Can someone provide an explanation and a fix?
>
> I was thinking to buy the new "fancy" (price ones) type wiper blades that
> seem more aerodynamic, but I don't just want to fork over the $30 bucks and
> still have the same floppy situation occur.
>
> Thanks,
> Tony
>