Wiper Blade Refills:
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Laughing Gas
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From: Cherryville,N.C.
Wiper Blade Refills:
I figure this has been discussed many times,but I got some new wiper refills for my truck(1973 F-100) from Advance Auto.They had to order them of coarse.Part # is 5070120,Mfg # 43-150 Trico,$4.95.They are 15" long.This is just the refills so you can keep your original arms.
Mountain Pass
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From: Tucson
Geez, I didn't realize what a PITA it is to get replacement wipers for our trucks. I found a part that fits the bayonet style mount directly from O'Riellys... Rainguard, engineered by Trico, is a brand of wiper blades that include a direct fit mount for the Ford bayonet. $10 for 2! Might not be what's needed for a dedicated winter driving rig or something, but it will suffice in southern Arizona.
Logistics Pro
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Back like 15 years ago or more, I wanted to change the blades on my '68 Cougar. And I knew of a blade refill where you could separate just the rubber blade itself from the rest of its assembly, and right into the original entire wiper arm assembly on the Cougar - which was basically the same as a Dentside.
So that wiper blade assembly could be used on a newer car, or you could use just the blade itself on an older car.
The fifty-something guy at Autozone swore it wouldn't work, and that he didn't have any blades which would. Those blades went right in, and even locked down. I think I even went back in and showed him.
Whatever brand of wiper blades those were, they were apparently dual-purpose, and nobody at Autozone knew that.
So that wiper blade assembly could be used on a newer car, or you could use just the blade itself on an older car.
The fifty-something guy at Autozone swore it wouldn't work, and that he didn't have any blades which would. Those blades went right in, and even locked down. I think I even went back in and showed him.
Whatever brand of wiper blades those were, they were apparently dual-purpose, and nobody at Autozone knew that.
Fleet Mechanic
Joined: Sep 2014
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From: NE Texas
I miss the days when you could just buy the refills...all the metal/plastic part they make you buy now is reusable. More waste in the name of profit margins, I guess. Or to pamper the folks who couldn't figure out how to change just the blade.
Tuned
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From: Shelbyville
Autozone has Duralast wipers that fit our dentsides with 0 issues. I have some on mine now. They had 10 or so in stock when I got mine. Not very hard to find at all.
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Laughing Gas
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From: USA
Wiper blades and refills.
On another site I stumbled across the fact the wiper arms from a 1990 Jeep Cherokee have the same knurled end on them as our trucks. The arm is a little longer but it has the pin type mount for the blade. Easier to find blades and great for replacing the weak springs from our 40 year old trucks.
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From: Grand Junction, CO
Resurrecting this old thread. The mid '90s Cherokee arms have the standard "J" hook ends.They're slightly longer than the "dent" arms. I trimmed about 1/4" off the new blades and they work perfectly. No need to special order wiper blades, anymore.
More Turbo
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Logistics Pro
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From: East Central Ia
Used to go into any gas station and they would have the little cabinet, Anco/Trico. Would be full of refills. No one bought anything other than a refill, no need wiper arms were stainless.
Grumpy goat
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I got tired of looking for wipers, seeing them flop back and forth during use, and then watching one fly off during a storm. I got a pair of arms off a late model junk car, cut the J-hooks off, and TIG welded onto my dent's original arms. Now I can use any blade off the shelf, no wobble, and they stay put.
More Turbo
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From: Oregon
Geez, I didn't realize what a PITA it is to get replacement wipers for our trucks. I found a part that fits the bayonet style mount directly from O'Riellys... Rainguard, engineered by Trico, is a brand of wiper blades that include a direct fit mount for the Ford bayonet. $10 for 2! Might not be what's needed for a dedicated winter driving rig or something, but it will suffice in southern Arizona.
More Turbo
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From: Oregon
I got tired of looking for wipers, seeing them flop back and forth during use, and then watching one fly off during a storm. I got a pair of arms of a late model junk car, cut the J-hook off, and TIG welded onto my dent's original arms. Now I can use any blade off the shelf, no wobble, and they stay put.