# Why a windshield wiper?
**URL:** https://community.electricforum.com/t/why-a-windshield-wiper/25107
**Category:** GEM Forum
**Created:** [September 14, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/why-a-windshield-wiper/25107 "2022-09-14T20:23:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@jonbbrew](https://community.electricforum.com/u/jonbbrew)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/why-a-windshield-wiper/25107/1 "2022-09-14T20:23:00Z")
So help me out a bit, why did they put a wiper motor/arm on gems with no water spray mechanism? Just for rain?
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### Author:  [@AssyRequired](https://community.electricforum.com/u/AssyRequired)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/why-a-windshield-wiper/25107/2 "2022-09-14T20:26:55Z")
To make it legal and for when you get caught in the sprinklers.
Later cars did have washers in them.
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### Author:  [@jonbbrew](https://community.electricforum.com/u/jonbbrew)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/why-a-windshield-wiper/25107/3 "2022-09-14T20:29:15Z")
well i guess i should consider putting an arm on it as the PO removed it.
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### Author:  [@JarJarJava](https://community.electricforum.com/u/JarJarJava)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2022, 10:21pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/why-a-windshield-wiper/25107/4 "2022-09-14T22:21:53Z")
Windshield washer liquid pump with sprayer was an option on earlier models for the UK. Can’t recall exactly for what year I saw it in the sales brochures, might have been on 05 and up, possibly earlier.
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### Author:  [@jonbbrew](https://community.electricforum.com/u/jonbbrew)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2022, 11:31pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/why-a-windshield-wiper/25107/5 "2022-09-14T23:31:26Z")
Definitely not 99-04 it appears.
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### Author:  [@dougl](https://community.electricforum.com/u/dougl)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/why-a-windshield-wiper/25107/6 "2022-09-14T23:38:39Z")
Yes, windshield wipers are for visibility in the rain. Or as @JarJarJava mentioned getting caught driving through someones lawn when they have the sprinklers on.
A manual washer method requires ~ 2 cups of water. splash one cup of water on the windshield, turn on the wiper then dump the 2nd cup of water on it when the wiper at at the bottom of the cycle.
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### Author:  [@JarJarJava](https://community.electricforum.com/u/JarJarJava)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2022, 2:44am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/why-a-windshield-wiper/25107/7 "2022-09-15T02:44:07Z")
That was @AssyRequired actually.
I’m just enjoying the conversation on squirting GEMs.
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### Author:  [@dougl](https://community.electricforum.com/u/dougl)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2022, 4:01am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/why-a-windshield-wiper/25107/8 "2022-09-15T04:01:50Z")
> [@JarJarJava](#):
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> That was @AssyRequired actually.
OMG it sounded like YOU so much I think your corruption is spreading! LOL
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### Author:  [@AssyRequired](https://community.electricforum.com/u/AssyRequired)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2022, 5:20am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/why-a-windshield-wiper/25107/9 "2022-09-15T05:20:58Z")
Maybe the wiper arm should be flipped around to the inside so when you are making motor sounds with your mouth it will wipe all the spittle off the glass.
> I think your corruption is spreading!
Yes it is.
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### Author:  [@dougl](https://community.electricforum.com/u/dougl)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2022, 2:28pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/why-a-windshield-wiper/25107/10 "2022-09-15T14:28:12Z")
> [@AssyRequired](#):
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> Maybe the wiper arm should be flipped around to the inside
There is something to that if you park your GEM outside and don’t have doors or a full cover. On some morning I am getting ‘rained on’ as water droplets which formed on the inside roof are dripping on me as I make turns and hit bumps. Wiping the inside of the windshield is often required. Spittle or no spittle.
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### Author:  [@JarJarJava](https://community.electricforum.com/u/JarJarJava)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2022, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/why-a-windshield-wiper/25107/11 "2022-09-15T15:29:58Z")
> [@AssyRequired](#):
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> > [@dougl](#):
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> > I think your corruption is spreading! LOL
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> Yes it is.
All your. ̶ ̶b̶a̶s̶e̶ ̶ ̶ GEM are belong to us.
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### Author:  [@BenchRacing](https://community.electricforum.com/u/BenchRacing)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2022, 10:12pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/why-a-windshield-wiper/25107/12 "2022-11-03T22:12:56Z")
I am missing the wiper arm (1st gen GEM). Does anyone know what complete replacement arm will fit?
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### Author:  [@JarJarJava](https://community.electricforum.com/u/JarJarJava)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2022, 11:51pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/why-a-windshield-wiper/25107/13 "2022-11-03T23:51:17Z")
Its a marinco wiper motor, so anything that fits that spline will work.
I used this one off amazon.
> **[Amazon.com: AFI 33010A Deluxe Stainless Steel Adjustable Marine Windshield Wiper...](https://www.amazon.com/AFI-33010A-Stainless-Adjustable-Windshield/dp/B000NI1EPO)**
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> Adjusts from 14 inches to 20 inches For use with MRV, AFI-1000, and AFI-2000 heavy-duty wiper motors Stainless steel construction Arm has articulating/bend-back feature Motor shaft mounting has additional set screw clamping All AFI deluxe wiper arms...