Fastening of a wiper blade. Types of fasteners

Windshield wipers (car wipers) serve to remove moisture and dirt from the windows (front and rear) of the machine. The effectiveness of their work largely depends on the safety of both the driver himself and the passengers of the vehicle. That is why the selection of this component should be handled responsibly.

Basic types of fastening of wiper blades

At the moment, various types of fasteners are used to install the wiper blades. Therefore, before buying, you need to pay attention to what kind of fasteners are available on your car. Let's consider more in detail, what types of fastening of wiper blades happen.

"Hook" (U-Hook or J-Hook)

This is the standard, the most common, oldest and simplest type of fastening, designed for the installation of prefabricated wipers. It is indicated by the letters U or J. Almost all domestic cars have fastening of the wiper blades "Hook". As for the sizes, they do not have a single standard and can vary. The most common are 9 x 3 and 9 x 4. There are also others (for example, on the Audi model there are very small hooks, and on the driver's brush at the Subaru Tribeca B9 - hook 12 x 4).

Side pin

This is another popular type of fastening brushes, also known as the "Side pin". Wide popularity among car manufacturers has been acquired since 2004. Side pin is still very demanded and reliable fastening. Its design is extremely simple, but very durable. It is common for a windscreen wiper mount on BMW, Volvo, the latest Mercedes and Volkswagen models.

Push Button

It is also a very popular fastening, known as the "Button". It appeared in 2007, and to this day it can often be found on cars of the brand Audi, Volvo, Peugeot, Ford, Skoda, etc.

The fastening of the wiper blade "Button" can be of several types with different latch widths. Narrow version Narrow Push Button is widely used on Volkswagen and Audi cars. Its width is 16 or 19 mm (in Push Button - 22 mm).

Pinch tab

Other names are "Usikov", "Side clamp". This fastening of the wiper blade first appeared on French brands of cars, and eventually became used by other manufacturers. Installed on Volvo, Fiat, Audi, Saab, Nissan Qashqai, XC90, Peugeot, Citroen. Very often it is possible to meet on cars of German origin BMW and Mercedes-Benz.

Bayonet

Fastening of a brush of a screen wiper "Bayonet" still name "the Bayonet lock" or simply "Bayonet". It is the smallest type of all and has the simplest construction. This fastening is installed almost on 90% of modern cars of marks Citroen and Renault, which year of release after 2004, and also Saab. There are modifications Bayonet with two holes for fixing screws. They are used for freight transport.

Pin lock

This fastening, often called the "Fixer" or "Pin", is the development of German engineers. It is used in cars Mercedes-Benz, Audi and Seat.

Claw

Other names: "Pincer", "Castle" and "Lapa". A fairly rare mount, found on Seat Altea and Audi A6 cars.

Side mount Side mounting

This mount is not very common and is most often used in the models of Renault cars. Previously, it was used in an American car.

Top lock Top lock

Used on modern models of BMW (series 5 and 6) and the latest versions of Chevrolet Aveo.

Multi-Clip

In connection with the large increase in the number of car models that have a special brush design for the Special-Clip, BOSCH in 2009 started the delivery of Aerotwin brushes with universal Multi-Clip fasteners. The wiper data set does not include parts that need to be assembled by yourself. This universal adapter comes in an already assembled form, so that the wipers on the car can be replaced almost instantly. Fastening Multi-Clip is designed to greatly simplify the selection of wiper blades. It fits the most common four types of fasteners: Side pin, Pinch tab, Push button and Top lock. For attachment, "Hook" is not suitable.

Before buying the wipers, you need to determine which fastening of the wiper blades. To do this, unfastening the latch, they need to be removed and see how it looks.

In principle, in the functional sense, the type of fastening of the janitors does not play a special role (the main thing is that they are in working order). The only option for smaller attachments slightly improves the aerodynamic characteristics (but this is noticeable only at a speed of more than 150 km / h) and the appearance of the wipers themselves. Today, there are many types of fastening (the main ones we examined in this article). And this variety is associated only with the desire of producers to have additional revenues from sales of a rare commodity.

The janitors are easily checked for operation, for this purpose it is enough to pour out water (1 glass) on the windshield and turn them on. All the water they need to clean for only 1-2 movements. If they fail to do this, then a replacement is needed.