Good morning everybody! I tried to do a normally simple job and I found some bizarre fitting issues with my 2014 outback. The web sights call for 26” driver side and 19” passenger side. One provider on Amazon calls for 24/18. I bought Bosch 26 and 19, and installed them. The driver side is about two inches too long when the the wiper is fully exteneed. See the photo. I took the car in for wiper motor recall a couple weeks ago prior to the blade replacement. Could the shop have swapped out the actual wiper arms accidentally? I measured the arms from the top of J hook to bottom of the plastic cap covering the nut that holds them to the linkage. About 27” on the driver side, and about 22“ on the passenger. Can someone be so kind as to measure these arms on your Outback and see if that’s correct or maybe mine got swapped....... Thanks in advance!
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cutterfive
2014 wiper blade replacement snafu
Good morning everybody! I tried to do a normally simple job and I found some bizarre fitting issues with my 2014 outback. The web sights call for 26” driver side and 19” passenger side. One provider on Amazon calls for 24/18. I bought Bosch 26 and 19, and installed them. The driver side is about two inches too long when the the wiper is fully exteneed. See the photo. I took the car in for wiper motor recall a couple weeks ago prior to the blade replacement. Could the shop have swapped out the actual wiper arms accidentally? I measured the arms from the top of J hook to bottom of the plastic cap covering the nut that holds them to the linkage. About 27” on the driver side, and about 22“ on the passenger. Can someone be so kind as to measure these arms on your Outback and see if that’s correct or maybe mine got swapped....... Thanks in advance!
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I just measured mine ... the shorter arm is on the drivers side - Longer one on the passenger side.
2021 Outback Limited 2.5
2021 Outback Limited 2.5
@cutterfive I have a 2011 in the garage, I went to take some measurements.
The driver arm is shorter than the passenger arm
The driver blade is longer than the passenger one (26 and 19 inches I believe)
If you look at the longer (passenger side) arm it's bent such that when the wipers are parked the driver wiper kind of nestles in that space...
The driver arm is shorter than the passenger arm
The driver blade is longer than the passenger one (26 and 19 inches I believe)
If you look at the longer (passenger side) arm it's bent such that when the wipers are parked the driver wiper kind of nestles in that space...
My JDM (Aussie 2015) is 17" passenger side and 26" drivers side. Just remember our steering wheel is on the correct side and we drive on the correct side of the road down here 
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Just did this on the 2014, using factree Subaru blades purchased on Amazon. 26" for the passenger side, 19" on the driver side and 14" for the back. Perfect. Cost was $32.
This is on a 'murican Subie, where the steering wheel is is on the left side, not on the wrong side ^^
This is on a 'murican Subie, where the steering wheel is is on the left side, not on the wrong side ^^
yep the blade arms are swapped! easy fix!
undo the nut holding the wiper to the motor THEN pull the wiper up (like you would to clean the windshield). that removes the tension from the mounting surface and you can remove the arm easily with a few wiggles.
undo the nut holding the wiper to the motor THEN pull the wiper up (like you would to clean the windshield). that removes the tension from the mounting surface and you can remove the arm easily with a few wiggles.
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