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04 2.0 wiper blades catching - hitcho
i have been out in my zafira today its a 54 plate i have only had it a month and had the wipers on today and 2 or 3 times the wipers just touched together on the swipe down it was not enough of a touch to stop them but i am affraid that one day they it might. is there anything i can do to stop this ,both blades are 24" long i thought if i moved the passenger arm a couple of splines would this fix it or maybe a smaller blade on the drivers side but this would not clear as much screen any advice would help cheers.
04 2.0 wiper blades catching - topbloke
i would think that they have shifted on the spindles they need to be set thus
Adjust the wiper arms in such a way that the distance between
lower windscreen trim and the right wiper blade is 32 mm and
the distance between lower windscreen trim and left wiper
blade is 88 mm
hope this helps, if they still clash then the linkage on the motor may have shifted, there is a reset procedure for this also

Windscreen wiper motor to linkage. Wiper linkage must be aligned such that the fastening in the basic position is between the two arrows in park position .

wont make a lot of sense unless you look at the motor carrier but try adjusting the arms first,Regards TB ps watch out for those fingers when messing with the linkage seen a lad lose a finger tip messing with them

Edited by topbloke on 22/12/2009 at 18:23

04 2.0 wiper blades catching - hitcho
thanks for the reply topbloke i will have a go at that tomorrow.
04 2.0 wiper blades catching - topbloke
measure first, then enjoy getting the arms of the spindles, i use a special puller designed for the job but i take them of/on regular ie 3or 4 sets a week,Regards TB
04 2.0 wiper blades catching - hitcho
cheers topbloke i will let you know how i get on
04 2.0 wiper blades catching - Victorbox
As I suspected from my Zafira B, they're catching because the Zafira A should be 24" & 22" blades as here tinyurl.com/ydy9pts
04 2.0 wiper blades catching - SpamCan61 {P}
As I suspected from my Zafira B they're catching because the Zafira A should be
24" & 22" blades as here tinyurl.com/ydy9pts


ah right, my guess is someone's put a 24" on to try and improve the wiper sweep on the driver's side. A trick I was going to try on SWMBO's, won't bother now!
04 2.0 wiper blades catching - Victorbox
ah right my guess is someone's put a 24" on to try and improve the
wiper sweep on the driver's side. A trick I was going to try on SWMBO's
won't bother now!


But on my Zafira B the longest one is on the driver's side - are you sure someone hasn't fitted a pair the wrong way round? On the official ones you get from Vauxhall Accessories it's confusing on the packets for a pair. VX put a cross against the side you should use the blade on in a diagram, but you can read it as a cross saying don't use on that side!
04 2.0 wiper blades catching - topbloke
04 reg zafi should be a zafira, not zafira b, you have not had a problem in the short period that you have owned it untill now ie frost/bad weather or is it a coincedence ! Regards TB
04 2.0 wiper blades catching - hitcho
its happened a few times since owning it just did it more than usual today so thought i would post it.
04 2.0 wiper blades catching - Victorbox
04 reg zafi should be a zafira not zafira b you have not had a
problem in the short period that you have owned it untill now ie frost/bad weather
or is it a coincedence ! Regards TB


TB - read my post again - it says Zafira A and link is measurements for blades for Zafira A from Vauxhall themselves. No point in removing wiper arms and realigning if the real problem is each blade should be a different length.
04 2.0 wiper blades catching - SpamCan61 {P}
A good point VB, i'll go out an measure 'em if the temperature actually gets above zero today.
04 2.0 wiper blades catching - hitcho
cheers for all the replys i have bought a set of new blades one 22" and one 24" they work perfect now and cant really tell i have put a smaller one on cheers.
04 2.0 wiper blades catching - topbloke
i spoke to the parts today and they say zafi a's should have both the same size blades and the flat blades are quiet rare on zafi a's zafi b's are a different size left and right, and it dont hurt to have the correct measurements and may help others in future, Regards TB

Edited by topbloke on 23/12/2009 at 18:58