Hoffman5982
02-09-2017, 11:03 PM
Hey guys. So tonight I was working on my car and everything went extremely smooth and as it should. I pushed my luck and stumbled upon something that is seeming like it will be a PIA to fix.
I noticed not too long ago my passenger side wiper wasn't making contact in the center of the blade. At first I thought it was the arm, but then found out that the base where the arm attaches was fubar. You could helicopter dick this thing it's so bad. So tonight I decided to pull it off and see what was needed to fix it. Well, I got the cowl off and found that all of the m6 nuts securing them to the car are rusted to the point where they aren't removable by socket. I was able to clamp onto them with some vice grips but all of them just spin in the base and don't actually come out.
So my question is this: I have an s14 parts car. I have the wiper linkage off said parts car. The rod lengths look different, but are the bases the same? I measured the distances between bolts and it seems the same. I just want to verify before I go cut it off with a grinder and find out they won't work, leaving me with no wipers during the rainy season until I find another. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Pic to show what I'm talking about:
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i40/hoffman91/Mobile%20Uploads/20170209_235416_zps7rfo7gaz.jpg
I noticed not too long ago my passenger side wiper wasn't making contact in the center of the blade. At first I thought it was the arm, but then found out that the base where the arm attaches was fubar. You could helicopter dick this thing it's so bad. So tonight I decided to pull it off and see what was needed to fix it. Well, I got the cowl off and found that all of the m6 nuts securing them to the car are rusted to the point where they aren't removable by socket. I was able to clamp onto them with some vice grips but all of them just spin in the base and don't actually come out.
So my question is this: I have an s14 parts car. I have the wiper linkage off said parts car. The rod lengths look different, but are the bases the same? I measured the distances between bolts and it seems the same. I just want to verify before I go cut it off with a grinder and find out they won't work, leaving me with no wipers during the rainy season until I find another. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Pic to show what I'm talking about:
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i40/hoffman91/Mobile%20Uploads/20170209_235416_zps7rfo7gaz.jpg