47-55.1 Wiper arms

[Nima]

Hello:
When I disassembled my entire truck, I thought I took pictures of every part before I took them off. I guess I was wrong!
Do you have a picture of wiper arm setup and how and where they connect to the wiper motor? I am upgrading the wiper motor to one from Newport engineering. I need to see where and how the arms and motor connect to each other and to the body/firewall.

Thanks

[joedoh]

53 truck? I have done this a bunch with newport. the motor goes in at a negative angle between the firewall and the gauges, the newport kit comes with plastic washers that snap into the factory arms, then onto the studs on the motor, then a thin plastic washer and an e-clip I like to call o-jeesus because when you are trying to put it on and it goes flying to who knows where you shout O JEESUS.

a couple tips: 1. i have used all kinds of electric kits besides the newports and in every case I have had to shorten the passenger arm 1/8". going more than 1/8" and the arm wont get a full stroke, which is noticeable. 2. almost every seller that sells the newport kit also sells a spring loaded clip which is waaaay easier to install than the e-clips (it clips both at the same time easily). 3. fit the motor before you put the gauges in, some gauges are really deep in that area and you dont want to fiddle with it twice. 4. use the lower bracket that bolts to the vent assembly, you can go without it but the torque on the motor is insane and it WILL work loose. once you have it in the right position the bolt will fall right through. 5. ground it at the body of the motor and then run a second ground to the dash.

[Nima]

Thank you very much for detailed explantion.

[leegreen]

I think the spring loaded clipped joedoh describes is the same as the OEM clip. it is only a couple bucks from the aftermarket vendors: