Mazda 5 2006 Owner's Manual page 270

Maintenance and Care
Owner Maintenance
1. Raise the wiper arm and turn the blade
assembly to expose the plastic locking
clip.
Compress the clip and slide the
assembly downward; then lift it off the
arm.
CAUTION
To prevent damage to the windshield let
the wiper arm down easily, don't let it
slap down on the windshield.
2. Hold the end of the rubber and pull
until the tabs are free of the metal
support.
Tab
8-24
Plastic locking clip
Metal support
3. Remove the metal stiffeners from the
blade rubber and install them in new
blades.
CAUTION
Don't bend or discard the stiffeners.
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You need to use them again.
If the metal stiffeners are switched,
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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
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stiffeners in the new blade rubber so
that the curve is the same as it was in
the old blade rubber.