2004 RX330 Rear Wiper Blade
#2
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You have to carefully pop off the end cap which covers the bolt where it pivots. Can be done with your hands. Start with the edges furthest from the base.
Once the cap is off you can lift the arm up and change out just like the fronts.
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You have to carefully pop off the end cap which covers the bolt where it pivots. Can be done with your hands. Start with the edges furthest from the base.
Once the cap is off you can lift the arm up and change out just like the fronts.
This topic, along with a number of other questions, have already been asked and answered here in the forums. Try the search features to have a look around and find more information on this topic and others.
#3
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Thanks for the quick reply. My goal was to change the rear metal blade to which the squeegee is attached and not the pivot arm. This is a most common replacement for the front wipers and hardly ever requires removal of the pivot arm also.
I'll try to locate more information about rear wiper blade replacement in the archives of this web site.
I'll try to locate more information about rear wiper blade replacement in the archives of this web site.
#4
Thanks for the quick reply. My goal was to change the rear metal blade to which the squeegee is attached and not the pivot arm. This is a most common replacement for the front wipers and hardly ever requires removal of the pivot arm also.
I'll try to locate more information about rear wiper blade replacement in the archives of this web site.
I'll try to locate more information about rear wiper blade replacement in the archives of this web site.
#5
Driver
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RX330 Rear wiper blade
Thanks again, your original instructions were correct. Blade was removed when plastic arm cap removal allowed arm to lift up and pop of old blade. New blade was purchased at toyota dealer for $16. Could use same blade as used on Toyota Hylander.
#6
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Rear Wiper RX 330
After purchasing rear wiper at Toyota dealer for $16 discovered exact same blade offered by Trico at many local part stores. Trico distributor cost for rear blade is aprox.$8.00 to $8.50, retail at the parts stores should be less than the Toyota retail of $16 .
#7
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Think I paid perhaps $6 each last year for just the rear insert. Purchased a few sets of inserts for front and rear at the time. Cheaper than replacing the whole wiper blade section.
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#8
I got one yesterday for $8.88 at Walmart (entire arm, not just rubber). Identical to the original.
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A typical system looks something like this:
Though, I will even take some exception to this diagram in that the "wiper head w/blade" is commonly just referred to as the wiper blade with the wiper insert being just the rubber part. The terminology has gotten a bit lax over the years on exactly what is the blade and as these are now sold as an assembly where the rubber is not really replaceable in all cases. But, the wiper arm has always been agreed upon.
#11
I know what you mean, however, your terminology is wrong. You did not purchase a "wiper arm." That is the piece from the pivot at the motor connection on up to the wiper blade.
A typical system looks something like this:
Attachment 267533
Though, I will even take some exception to this diagram in that the "wiper head w/blade" is commonly just referred to as the wiper blade with the wiper insert being just the rubber part. The terminology has gotten a bit lax over the years on exactly what is the blade and as these are now sold as an assembly where the rubber is not really replaceable in all cases. But, the wiper arm has always been agreed upon.
A typical system looks something like this:
Attachment 267533
Though, I will even take some exception to this diagram in that the "wiper head w/blade" is commonly just referred to as the wiper blade with the wiper insert being just the rubber part. The terminology has gotten a bit lax over the years on exactly what is the blade and as these are now sold as an assembly where the rubber is not really replaceable in all cases. But, the wiper arm has always been agreed upon.
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