Ok here is the morning report. The issue with the floppiness/floating of the wiper blade at highway speeds had to do with pressure-tension exerted from the arm against the windshield. It seems I may have bent the arm in the wrong direction. 

Dick pointed that bending the arm in a concave ) form rather than convex ( would yield the result I needed. I had a duh moment when I thought about it. 

So the issue is resolved. 

Thanks
Tony 

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> On Oct 18, 2013, at 2:43 AM, Scott Daniel <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
>> 
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