With wear mine had ruined the threads on the post. I used a metric die one size smaller (forget which size) and a new nut has held the new wiper arm fine since then. Jim Creech 87 Westy GL 2.1 > I had bought my one van with the passenger side post broken off, to wear you > could not re thread it to get a nut on it. Rather than rip apart everything > to get at replacing it, I drilled and tapped what was there and inserted bolt > to hold the wiper. I has worked great so far, but I will be sure not to try > to push a windshield full of snow with it. > Possibly this can work for you, although since mine was broke off, I had a > little more meat to work with. > > Alan > 87 sycnro > 84 vanagon > 65 beetle |
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