Thank you... my old arm was maxed out, as I had cleaned out the splines on
the shaft, and when I firmed up the old arm, it was not biting.

I'll go ahead and install the new arm, and should be good for another 20
years (that's how long I have owned my 84 Westy)

Jack R.

-----Original Message-----
From: David Beierl [mailto:dbeierl@attglobal.net]
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 2:26 PM
To: Jack R.
Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Wiper Arm Question

At 02:18 PM 8/27/2008 -0400, Jack R. wrote:
>My question is, are the splines cut into the new arm upon attaching to the
>shaft, or should the arm of had splines on it.

You crank the bolt down through "firm" -- while it's cutting the
splines -- to "tight."  Then stop.  You can do it with the old arm
too.  When you run out of seating depth the arm is used up.

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David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage," '85 GL "Poor Relation"