Talk me into, or out of, it...

[fancyTBI]

I thought you had billet wiper arms. Be a lot cooler if ya did.

 

[someotherguy]

I thought you had billet wiper arms. Be a lot cooler if ya did.

I'll polish out my old ones and call them billet, then sell them to you for $200. Deal?

Richard

 

[fancyTBI]

I'll polish out my old ones and call them billet, then sell them to you for $200. Deal?

Richard

$200 are you crazy? That’s a great deal!

On a serious note they look good. I need to repaint mine because both trucks look like your old pair.

 

[SNCTMPL]

15043064 driver side, 15043063 passenger side, GM Genuine part #'s. I got mine from amazon for pretty much the same price as other sources. $86 after tax seems like a bit but they're brand new GM instead of hunting for boneyard ones and prepping/repainting, plus time/fuel spent going to find some. Houston's a big city but all the boneyards are not close to me at all.

Richard

Thank you, got them in my cart.

 

[termite]

I pinched one about as hard as I dared, unhappy that it left dents in the fabric that I'm not sure will come out. It made no noticeable difference. I feel like anything sticky I spray in there wouldn't be a lasting or effective measure, just be messy. Wouldn't know what to use and it feels like you'd need to get it right the first time, because anything else you try will be less likely to work once there's something else already in there and you can't clean it out.

I'm more tempted to try bending the rod as suggested but I'll tell you these don't bend easily.

Richard

How about increasing the rod diameter with some heat shrink tubing? Not the adhesive lined, at first.

 

[Scooterwrench]

Setting the bar really high for tonight, I needed an easy win.

Installed the new GM hook-style wiper arms and some new blades. This was a nice upgrade!

What's odd is I already knew there's a big difference between the driver and passenger side with this style, as evidenced by different part #'s, but mostly by the fact that if you swap them to the wrong side it will become evident very quickly.. the old peg style seem to be the exact same part for both sides.

I saw elsewhere someone mention that the hook style "sit lower on the glass" but this is not accurate. With no adjustment to the wiper linkages at all, just a straight swap from peg to hook, mine rest in the exact same spot on the glass. I tried first to get a pic showing the dust line from the old wiper when I removed it, but it wouldn't show.

Old vs. new

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Richard

While we're on the subject of wiper arms I don't recommend buying the LMC wiper arms. The springs are weak and the wiper arms lift off the windshield at 50 MPH and above. I saved my old springs and am tempted to try and install them in the new arms.

 

[someotherguy]

How about increasing the rod diameter with some heat shrink tubing? Not the adhesive lined, at first.

Not a bad idea except the design of them won't allow for it. They're actually slightly difficult to install already; it's surprising that they flop down the way they do because the initial fit feels pretty tight.

If it helps understand the design, it's sort of like a C-shaped metal tube that runs the length of the visor board, and it's got a clamp at the rod end that's kind of like an inch-wide U shape. The rod itself has a flat area that presumably is a detent to hold it in the forward position.

Old visor board in place on the rod

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Clamp where most of the holding force is exerted, IMO

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Board removed from the rod, you can see the flat area the clamp forms against the rod where the channel on the board splits

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And finally the flat area on the top edge of the rod, a little tough to see, but in the clamp area.

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It should be worth noting it's a struggle to get the old one to slide off the rod, and the new one to go on. That's some kind of grease on the rod that was there originally. It's slimy, not sticky, and it doesn't seem to interfere at all with the holding force because I cleaned it off the passenger side as that's the one I tried installing first. The original boards don't flop around, but then again they're a little bit lighter without the thin cardboard shell and the material.

One can only assume the Acme Auto sun visors are designed the same way inside, because the only way you would know for sure is to rip them apart.

Richard

 

[Orpedcrow]

I can almost guarantee that the clamping mechanism is spring steel and that’s why squeezing them isn’t producing any results. You have to go a lot further to achieve plastic deformation and allow the adjustment to “set”.

It’s also probably impossible to feel what’s going on inside with the outer cardboard and fabric covering it.
If you have an old roller bearing or cut up a bolt with a long shank or something, you could try clamping just underneath the rod.

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[termite]

Not a bad idea except the design of them won't allow for it. They're actually slightly difficult to install already; it's surprising that they flop down the way they do because the initial fit feels pretty tight.

If it helps understand the design, it's sort of like a C-shaped metal tube that runs the length of the visor board, and it's got a clamp at the rod end that's kind of like an inch-wide U shape. The rod itself has a flat area that presumably is a detent to hold it in the forward position.

Old visor board in place on the rod

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Clamp where most of the holding force is exerted, IMO

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Board removed from the rod, you can see the flat area the clamp forms against the rod where the channel on the board splits

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And finally the flat area on the top edge of the rod, a little tough to see, but in the clamp area.

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It should be worth noting it's a struggle to get the old one to slide off the rod, and the new one to go on. That's some kind of grease on the rod that was there originally. It's slimy, not sticky, and it doesn't seem to interfere at all with the holding force because I cleaned it off the passenger side as that's the one I tried installing first. The original boards don't flop around, but then again they're a little bit lighter without the thin cardboard shell and the material.

One can only assume the Acme Auto sun visors are designed the same way inside, because the only way you would know for sure is to rip them apart.

Richard

I've never looked at one pulled off the rod. Learned something new already today from unsuccessful spitballing.