Neil,

Are you talking about new wiper arms which go on the shafts external to
the van?

If so, first thoroughly clean the splines of the shafts sticking out of
the van to get any of the old soft metal off.

The new wiper arms have soft metal where they go over the shafts and
will cut their own grooves as they are tightened down.  Don't swing them
back and forth as you'll just ream the soft metal out and you'll again
need new arms.  Just make sure they're positioned correctly before you
start the snugging process.

Mike

neil wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> Have new wiper shaft assemblies (housing +  shaft) to install.
>
> The two pegs on housing look like they need to be compressed once in
> place, but the metal looks like some kind of "pot" metal and I'm not
> sure how much it can be worked. So......
>
> How are these installed?
>
> Thanks very much for any info,
>
> Neil.
>
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>
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