My driver side wiper arm is not putting enough tension on the blades to clean the wind sheild. Honda only sells the entire are, cant just buy the spring ($65-80). Any ideas?

 

Order a Honda genuine one online for $40 or hit up the junkyard. Have you tried changing the blades first? They have torsion springs in them.

 

I have tried two types of new blades (how I discovered the problem) Right now I have rainex latitudes on it and its just missing a bit in the middle of the blade. I tried a new pair of converntional blades as well and they had the same problem but worse.

 

Sounds like you need a new arm then.

www.manhonda.com
www.hondapartscheap.com
www.hondaautomotiveparts.com

All are Honda dealers that sell genuine parts online. I used hondapartscheap for the reference picture.