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Originally Posted by bdhurley
Does anyone know why Volvo had wind only one blade with the deflector on the left-hand side... even on right hand drive cars?
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Perhaps because of the difference in the curvature of the glass. The wing should increase blade pressure at speed to improve wiping action. However, on my LHD 1971 142 it is the right side that needs help, even at low speed.
My understanding is that even though Sweden was a drive on the left country up to 1967 (date ??) the cars were all built LHD which made the over night left - right switch easier. Since the majority of their production was LHD cars, maybe they were less concerned about drivers who sat on the right hand side. Or perhaps nobody told the guys on the production line to switch the blades when doing an RHD production run. You could try switching the blades to see what happens. Based upon my 140 wiper experience it probably can't make things worse.