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Maintenance and Care

Owner Maintenance

Form No. 8S18-EA-03I

2. Pull down the blade rubber and slide it 

out of blade holder.

3. Remove the metal stiffeners from the 

blade rubber and install them in new 
blades.

4. Carefully insert the new blade rubber.

Then install the blade assembly in the 
reverse order of removal.

Pull out

Stiffener

•

Don

’

t bend or discard the stiffeners. 

You need to use them again.

•

If the metal stiffeners are switched, 
the blade

’

s wiping efficiency could 

be reduced.
So don

’

t use the driver

’

s side metal 

stiffeners on the passenger

’

s side, or 

vice versa.

•

Be sure to reinstall the metal 
stiffeners in the new blade rubber so 
that the curve is the same as it was 
in the old blade rubber.

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