We bought the Honda wiper refills (recommended here: http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?t=21876&f=30). We successfully detached the blade arm, but we cannot figure out how to put the new rubber parts onto the old wiper blade.
The thread I referenced above did not make it seem like the rubber would be difficult to replace, but the wiper rubber that came with our Leaf appears to be glued onto the metal strip. We bought our Leaf used (2013 SV), and we have no idea what was done to the windshield wipers before we bought it, and if the rubber inserts are supposed to be glued on, or if it's a hack by the previous owner/dealer.
I suppose the straightforward stupid solution would be to just rip off the old rubber that is glued on, and glue on the replacement ones. But we'd rather not do that unless we know for sure that is the way to replace them. We would also prefer not to replace the whole wiper blade if we can figure out how to insert these Honda refills.
We would greatly appreciate any help.
Edit: we had assumed that the wiper blades that came with our Leaf were original because they fold in perfectly (if that makes sense). But this glue situation made us doubt that. Is there a way to tell that our wiper blades are original?
The thread I referenced above did not make it seem like the rubber would be difficult to replace, but the wiper rubber that came with our Leaf appears to be glued onto the metal strip. We bought our Leaf used (2013 SV), and we have no idea what was done to the windshield wipers before we bought it, and if the rubber inserts are supposed to be glued on, or if it's a hack by the previous owner/dealer.
I suppose the straightforward stupid solution would be to just rip off the old rubber that is glued on, and glue on the replacement ones. But we'd rather not do that unless we know for sure that is the way to replace them. We would also prefer not to replace the whole wiper blade if we can figure out how to insert these Honda refills.
We would greatly appreciate any help.
Edit: we had assumed that the wiper blades that came with our Leaf were original because they fold in perfectly (if that makes sense). But this glue situation made us doubt that. Is there a way to tell that our wiper blades are original?