windshield wiper question

[Mike Fultz]

Out to clean my wipers off on my 03 2500HD D/A and found that I could not pull the wiper arm back very far without hitting the back edge of the hood. Is this just a problem on the 03's? is there a trick to get the wipers to park vertically without shutting the engine off? This makes cleaning the ice off of them not much fun.

Mike

[Burner]

Mike, do not pull the wiper back too far. I did that the day after I got mine and broke it! The "new" trucks have a goofy wiper set-up. The wiper has only a limited ammount of movement. I am guessing that the company A: was saving money or B: Had stupid lawsuits from wipers breaking in a carwash or something. And yes, the only way to have vertical wippers is to turn off the truck.

Might I suggest something? Annco makes a "winter" blade that is wrapped in rubber. They worked well on my PS, perhaps they will work well on the D-Max. :D

Burner

[txguppy]

Burner wrote,
"And yes, the only way to have "[vertical wippers]" is to turn off the truck."

Are we still on thedieselpage forum, or somewhere else?? :eek: :eek:

Just joshing,
txguppy :D :D

[battmain]

It is possible to adjust the arm to make it work properly. The dealer should do it, but sometimes getting them to do a simple 2! minute fix is a RPITA. One would think that during the quality control check at the plants they would find this out, but I guess not. Mines a 2001 and had the problem when I got it. It can be adjusted.