anybody ever replace a wiper switch? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

*1FaastC10* · 10-02-2003, 12:55 PM

well, i finally figured on the way home it was time to do something about my non-working wipers. i tore into the column a about an hour ago and discovered that where my wiper switch is toast, where the turn signal arm snaps into it. i dont know how, or why its mangled, but it is. so i get to replace the wiper switch. has anyone had to replace an 83+ wiper switch in the column? how hard is it?

Russell · 10-02-2003, 06:18 PM

Easy as pie =) Just dissconnect the harness at the base of the column, and pull it through, buy a good used or new one, and push the new harness down through the column where the old one was and hook it up. These things are easily mangled, such as if you push on the wiper arm or something really hard, or if someone mashed the column when it was really cold, all sorts of different things that can happen to that weak little plastic thing...

Jonboy · 10-02-2003, 06:33 PM

Cut the wires to the old switch at the top of the column, tape them to the new switch witing, and use them to pull the new wiring down to the bottom of the column. I think the new stalk just pops into place.

*1FaastC10* · 10-02-2003, 06:49 PM

jonboy, i think you're a bit confused. there's no new stalk, its just the switch inside the column that i need

Jonboy · 10-02-2003, 06:52 PM

sorry, I was thinking about the older style stalks with cruise on them, that had the three flat wires.

10-02-2003, 12:55 PM	#1
1FaastC10 Account Suspended Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Elkhart, IN Posts: 6,399	anybody ever replace a wiper switch? well, i finally figured on the way home it was time to do something about my non-working wipers. i tore into the column a about an hour ago and discovered that where my wiper switch is toast, where the turn signal arm snaps into it. i dont know how, or why its mangled, but it is. so i get to replace the wiper switch. has anyone had to replace an 83+ wiper switch in the column? how hard is it?

10-02-2003, 06:18 PM	#2
Russell Professional Grade Join Date: May 2003 Location: Fort McMurray, Alberta Posts: 7,915	Easy as pie =) Just dissconnect the harness at the base of the column, and pull it through, buy a good used or new one, and push the new harness down through the column where the old one was and hook it up. These things are easily mangled, such as if you push on the wiper arm or something really hard, or if someone mashed the column when it was really cold, all sorts of different things that can happen to that weak little plastic thing... __________________ 1995 Chevrolet 2 Door Tahoe (6.6L LBZ Duramax / ZF6 / NP241 with 1 ton solid axle swap)

10-02-2003, 06:33 PM	#3
Jonboy Slots go on anything! Join Date: May 2003 Location: Richardson, TX Posts: 5,957	Cut the wires to the old switch at the top of the column, tape them to the new switch witing, and use them to pull the new wiring down to the bottom of the column. I think the new stalk just pops into place. __________________ 1974 Jimmy- 5.3/4L80e/NP241

10-02-2003, 06:52 PM	#5
Jonboy Slots go on anything! Join Date: May 2003 Location: Richardson, TX Posts: 5,957	sorry, I was thinking about the older style stalks with cruise on them, that had the three flat wires. __________________ 1974 Jimmy- 5.3/4L80e/NP241

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10-02-2003, 06:49 PM	#4
1FaastC10 Account Suspended Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Elkhart, IN Posts: 6,399	jonboy, i think you're a bit confused. there's no new stalk, its just the switch inside the column that i need



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