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Old Nov 12, 2015 | 09:56 AM
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Wiper ****

Anyone think this can be fixed? off my 73 f100. Metal part inside rocks back and forth. It slips on the wiper switch shaft. sometimes it grabs okay, next you have nothing. It also came off by just pulling on it not hard at all.








 
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Old Nov 12, 2015 | 10:19 AM
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Bend the metal tab on it outward and it should hold.
 
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Old Nov 12, 2015 | 01:09 PM
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well tried that and now the metal part has come completely out of the plastic!

think some shoe glue or other thick stuff globbed in there then shove the metal back in and stick it on the truck would work? or should i just bite the bullet for a 'new' one?
 
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Just straighten the bent tab part and use a little 2 part epoxy or JB weld to hold it back in the ****.

AFTER it dries use a flat tip to compress the tab a bit then reinstall. If not fixiable hit up a JY, 73-79 is pretty much the same ****. Use the flat tip trick to get the JY one off.
 
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I put a radio **** on one of my 78 s. Probable could find a **** at a junk yard out of a Van or 80's pick up.
 
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I bent it back fairly straight. IT WORKS! even my pump works now! Almost 100% back in business lol

the metal part ended up coming out, it wasnt lined up to the flat spot in the plastic. jammed it back in there and I guess the stars aligned lol
 
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