2006 Mazda RX-8 Owner's Manual - Page 297

RX-8_8U58-EA-05J_Edition1 Page297 Thursday, August 25 2005 4:59 PM Black plate (297,1) Maintenance and Care Owner Maintenance 2. Hold the end of the rubber and pull until the tabs are free of the metal support. CAUTION l Don't bend or discard the stiffeners. You need to use them again. If the metal stiffeners are switched, the blade's wiping efficiency could be reduced. So don't use the driver's side metal stiffeners on the passenger's side, or vice versa. Be sure to reinstall the metal stiffeners in the new blade rubber so that the curve is the same as it was in the old blade rubber. l Metal support Tab l 3. Remove the metal stiffeners from the blade rubber and install them in new blades. 4. Carefully insert the new blade rubber. Then install the blade assembly in the reverse order of removal. NOTE Install the blade so that the tabs are toward the bottom of the wiper arm. 8-23 Form No.8U58-EA-05J