Driver Wiper Going Off Windshield

[91350burb]

hey guys quick issue.

my driver side wiper goes off the windshield. I've adjusted the wipers at the rotator as much as possible but its not enough. I also tried pulling the wiper arm off and reinstalling angled correctly but there is a tab on the round part the arm goes onto preventing it from being adjusted this way.

any ideas? In the pictures the passenger side I've adjusted to lay flat. but the driver side is as far as it will go.

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[IOWNJUNK]

Grind the tab off.

 

[91350burb]

Grind the tab off.

If I had a grinder I would. And I don't know if I that tab helps with keeping it from slipping.

 

[BOTTLEDZ28]

Did you check to make sure all the linkage is straight? Something caused that to do that and grinding the tab off is NOT the way to "fix" it. If you install just the passenger side wiper arm and run it then try shutting the truck off just that wiper reaches its stop in the upright position. Then, go and install the drivers side wiper in the same upward position close to the A piller but not touching. If the wiper will not slide into the splined shaft then something is either bent or somehow one of those two splined mounting studs rotated all by itself and it is now not in sequence with the other side.

 

[great white]

Your linkage is out of adjustment. I can tell by the way your passenger wiper is also messed up. You need to keep adjusting it until it is right.

 

[great white]

Your linkage is out of adjustment down inside the cowl plenum. You can tell by the way your passenger wiper is also messed up. You need to keep adjusting it until it is right.

Have a look here at about the 6:30 mark:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SsqUD2jesk

Here's a little more detailed look at the bits:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOGY672-kZs

 

[98_k1500]

I need to do this also. My driver's side wiper runs off the side of my windshield. Should be able to adjust it and get it back right.

 

[orphan40]

The saddles that form the top half of the socket of the ball/socket joint of that rotator assembly are most likely bent. Take them out and straighten them with a hammer. Should look like this _n_ . Your's probably looks like this /-\.

 

[91350burb]

Already adjusted under the cowl as much as possible. and the ball/socket joint is straight. I'm going to get the assembly from one in the junkyard that is straight and see if that fixes it. ill post back with results. thanks everyone.