850 windshield wipers- what gives?

My @#$&* windshield wipers on the drivers side ONLY, Crow hop. What the heck is crow hop, well it stutters from the 12 o'clock point all the way to about the 3 o'clock point such that for each 1/2 inch the wiper arm drives the wiper blade across my windshield, it hops a 1/2 inch. Wipe a 1/2 inch, hop the next half inch...

Wipe/Hop/wipe/Hop stutter, stutter.

when a snakes spooks a horse he'll hop stiff legged, they call it crow hopping, I didn't know what else to call this.

I remember, some time, somewhere reading about a solution to this but can't locate it now, any pointer, many thanks. BTW the wipers are BRAND NEW Volvo wipers. My old ones did the same thing and I *thought* getting new one would fix this but NO.

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talks about a wiper problem, but it's not quite the same as yours. Still, maybe it will help.

cheers,

Henry

Maybe the wiper arm is bent slightly.

Interesting, I remember my cousin's 850 did this too... _________________ Will '90 Volvo 744 GLT (B230F) - daily driver '73 Volvo 164E - awaiting repair & restoration

Or Rain-X. This stuff wears unvenly, causing the same sturttering, Stick-slip--stick, etc.

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