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If the wiper arm body is hollowed out a bit you might be bottoming the nut� you could add a washer to seat it further, but a new arm is probably the next step after that.

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If the wiper arm body is hollowed out a bit you might be bottoming the nut� you could add a washer to seat it further, but a new arm is probably the next step after that.

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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

I was minding my own business when someone threw a drink out of their window in front of me and it splashed up on my windshield. I hit the washers, and my wiper just up and peaced out. Just a few days ago, I realized that the wiper arm was a little too high up on the windshield so I loosened the nut and moved the wiper to its appropriate location. When removing and reinstalling, I really couldn�t tell if the wiper arm is supposed to be splined like the splined conical mount the wiper bolts to or not. The arm didn�t look splined, but it looked like make the conical mount has stripped out some grooves in the arm. I tried looking at photos of the wipe arm online, but I can�t tell if it is splined or not. Does anybody know what it is supposed to look like out of the box? Also, any idea on how to keep it in place instead of letting it slip up and away? I torqued it down to the 12ft-lb spec, but maybe I am missing something else in the assembly?

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That is pretty frustrating. I can�t speak to what new ones look like, but pelican has them for $90 each.

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They r a splined and tappeered fit. U dont have to lift much to get them to rotate or pull off.

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It may be that the incident stripped the splines off the old wiper arm� better than stripping the wiper post! If the wiper arm body is hollowed out a bit you might be bottoming the nut� you could add a washer to seat it further, but a new arm is probably the next step after that.

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The wiper post is fine. I cleaned it up a little with some fine grain steel wool to de-junk the splines, and it looks to be in good order. And that was part of my quandary, was the junk from stripping the splines on the wiper arm or just from the friction fit between the post and an un-splined arm.

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