Hi Mike.

No am replacing the wiper shafts behind dash.

One of them had some play, so am doing both while in there.

Thanks for pointers on arms though. Those may get done too, but am hoping
the excessive play is taken out w/new parts behind dash. One wiper shaft
assembly had play in arm that is press fitted to shafte.

Arms are kinda pricey. Regardless, what started out as "pull the dash,
repair heat box, replace fan, install heater core" has become
oh-so-much-more which means more $$ anyways. (and I'm making custom parts
too).

Neil 81 AC Westy

On 3/27/07, Mike Collum <collum@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> 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.
> >
> > --
> > Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.
> >
> > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
> >
>