FIXING BALKY WIPERS CAN BE AS SIMPLE AS A LITTLE GREASE, OR AS COMPLEX AS INSTALLING A NEW MOTOR. 'Tis a beautiful day. Well, except for that one dark cloud that looms ahead, directly in your path through the countryside. Relax, it's a short summer cloudburst, and you'll pass through it in a minute or two. Raindrops dance on your windshield, forcing you to turn on your wipers. The blades, however, only twitch. Uh-oh. A few seconds later, the now indispensable rubber strips make a low-speed swipe across the glass, smearing the bugs and grit into a translucent paste, groaning and squeaking every inch of the way. And then the coup de grace: The blades stop cold directly in your line of vision. The good news is that you manage to safely steer to the curb and wait out the shower. But now you've got a problem - your wipers have quit.
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