Mazda MX-5 Miata 2004 Owner's Manual page 229

Maintenance and Care
Owner Maintenance
2. Hold the end of the rubber and pull
until the tabs are free of the metal
support.
Tab
3. Remove the metal stiffeners from the
blade rubber and install them in new
blades.
Stiffeners
8-26
Metal support
Pull out
CAUTION
• Don't bend 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.
4. Carefully insert the new blade rubber.
Then install the blade assembly in the
reverse order of removal.
Tab
NOTE
Install the blade so that the tabs are
toward the bottom of the wiper arm.