Re: [Chrysler300] windshield wiper refill blades

["Dave Schwandt" <finsruskw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Would probably be a good idea to locate a scource for these and purchase a 
good supply of them while they can be had.

Jim, Where did you get them??

Dave Schwandt
in Cold, grey and dreary Council Bluffs, IA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Kraus300@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Dave Schwandt" <finsruskw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Michael Reed" <mrreed@xxxxxxxxx>; <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 10:05 AM
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] windshield wiper refill blades


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> I replaced my 300C and 57 Dodge blade refills (blade only) last year. 
> Don't remember any problems fitting them. The catalog shows the same blade 
> refill for 300F.
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> I used Anco U16. The U is universal and wider than the now standard 6 mm 
> blade refills.
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> The book says these refills will only fit the factory wiper arms.
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> Jim Krausmann
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dave Schwandt" <finsruskw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Michael Reed" <mrreed@xxxxxxxxx>, Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 10:34:21 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] windshield wiper refill blades
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> I ran into the same problem on the way to Branson. Got a pair of refills
> from O'Reillys and tried to make them work but had no luck. Even after I 
> had
> crimped the arms to accept the narrower blades they still flopped around 
> in
> the arm enough that the arm would nearly scratch the windshield so I took
> them back.
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> Not only is the slotted metal blade holder, for lack of a better term, too
> narrow but the blade did not seem to be as "tall" as the originals. O got 
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> wondering later that maybe the original blade holder might be substituted
> for the newer narrow one but by this time the rain had pretty much cleared
> out and wipers were not an isue.
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> Dave Schwandt
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Michael Reed" < mrreed@xxxxxxxxx >
> To: < Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
> Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 5:26 AM
> Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] windshield wiper refill blades
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>>I searched for years, but all the refills I found were to narrow for the
>>arm. I finally just modified the arm to securely accept the narrower
>>refills.
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>> Mike
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>> Nothing screams liberal quite like making fun of someone's disability.
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>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: M. Litsky
>> To: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2009 7:25 PM
>> Subject: [Chrysler300] windshield wiper refill blades
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>> Hi Group
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>> I have a 300k and I need new wiper blade refills. They are 16 inch and I
>> can not find them locally. Does anyone know where to purchase them. The
>> refill I did find did not stay in the arm. It was not wide enough to stay
>> in the slide. Thanks for your help Mike 300k
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