Get the wire tooth brush out of your tool bag and clean the
sacrificial metal from the wiper splines. Put the wiper back in
position, tap it on, I use a socket as a drive. Notice I said 'tap' it on.
Washer & nut... not too tight but tight enough.
Good to go till next time.

Rob
becida@comcast.net

At  9/19/2011 11:25 AM, craig cowan wrote:
>On my project syncro,
>I found while driving the other day that the drivers side front windshield
>wiper was slipping on the shaft but not to badly. Today I investigated. I
>took the nut and lock washer off to find that there are no splines left on
>the shaft. Bummer. I figured I could just tighten up the nut and be good to
>go for a while at least right?
>Well in tightening the nut, I found the threads to be stripped..... it won't
>tighten at all.
>
>As it stands I no longer have a drivers side windshield wiper. I presume
>this job requires removal of the dash right?
>I was hoping not to have to do that until winter. Can it be done without
>dash removal?
>How bad of an idea is it to JB weld the thing on there..... for now?
>
>
>-Craig
>
>
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