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My passenger side wiper hits the hood. Is there an adjustment for this?
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There is an adjuster on the long rod that goes from the motor over to the pass. side arm,you'll see 2 short screws sticking up with nuts on them,they are slotted.just loosen up the nuts and you can slide the adjuster either way too adjust the wiper arm,when you get it where you want it,tighten the 2 nuts back up and WA-LA 
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Or you can put shims under the hood latch to make the hood a bit higher. The shims look like a wheel alignment shim only thinner and larger. They are "U" shaped.
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Hmmm...if the wiper is actually hitting the hood, the wiper arm is prolly bent/arched out away from the glass, or your wiper blades may be wrong for the car...too thick, that is. Or...the spring that holds the wiper arm/blade down on the glass may be broken, or weak...
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What Joel said,
acplus 2008-11-10 17:02:57
Plus a question....Are you using a steel (assembly) wiper or a plastic one?
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Well, it is actually the wiper arm, where it attaches to the wiper blade. Only on the passenger side. I'm using plastic wipers and the arm is metal, from a 79.
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The plastic wiper may be too high Vrs the steel type
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Where can I find the steel type at? Thanks for all the help. :)
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Wal Mart, Auto zone etc, should have them, make sure you get the right size..I believe 16"
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Sometimes ya have to look hard to find the"older" style wiper blades...seems most of them now are the plastic ones. One thing I did on my '74, for Judging, was to buy new blades, and remove the rubber part from the plastic, and insert that into my original blade holders...works pretty well. That may be an option if you can't find the metal blades to fit your car...
of course, if you don't have the original metal blade holders, that little bit of info is pretty much useless, isn't it?
Adams' Apple 2008-11-13 11:43:15
of course, if you don't have the original metal blade holders, that little bit of info is pretty much useless, isn't it?
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