bushcat Posted December 28, 2016 Report Share Posted December 28, 2016 I see some for sale on ebay but was wondering if anybody else had better ideas on where to shop for these. The metal piece that holds the plastic blade snapped off in a rain storm recently. Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted December 28, 2016 Report Share Posted December 28, 2016 I kept mine original and refused to put those plastic things on. I buy rubber refills and cut my own. Not sure how the 720 ones are. There's the wiper arm and it clips onto the wiper blade assy. Can you post a picture? http://community.ratsun.net/topic/54932-photobucket-ratsun/ If it's the arm I doubt it can be fixed just replaced. If it's the wiper blade, they are everywhere. Quote Link to comment
bushcat Posted December 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2016 I think we're talking about different parts. See broken metal piece. https://flic.kr/p/QEMJoF https://flic.kr/p/PozJTq https://flic.kr/p/PozGCU Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted December 28, 2016 Report Share Posted December 28, 2016 I think we're talking about different parts. See broken metal piece. https://flic.kr/p/QEMJoF https://flic.kr/p/PozJTq This is the wiper arm. The missing part is the windshield wiper blade assy. The end of the arm may be damaged but otherwise a wiper 'refill' should just 'snap' on. https://www.napaonline.com/napa/en/knowhow/wiper-blades-replacement Quote Link to comment
bushcat Posted December 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2016 The end of the arm is damaged. A wiper blade replacement isn't going to fix the issue. Usually the wiper arm has a u shaped end so you can slide the replacement wiper blafe on. In this case, the u and the end of the arm has snapped off. Quote Link to comment
Lockleaf Posted December 28, 2016 Report Share Posted December 28, 2016 Not correct. Many 720s do not use j-hooks. That dot or "pin" about an inch back from the end is the lock. The straight arm just slides in to the wiper connector which locks on that pin. that looks identical to my 85 720. I just went and checked to be sure. Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted December 28, 2016 Report Share Posted December 28, 2016 I think you're right. There are multiple methods for holding the refill on Quote Link to comment
Lockleaf Posted December 28, 2016 Report Share Posted December 28, 2016 Bayonet, yes thanks Mike. That's the style on my truck and on his it appears. Quote Link to comment
bushcat Posted December 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2016 Had no clue! I'll go take a closer look. Thanks Quote Link to comment
datsunaholic Posted December 28, 2016 Report Share Posted December 28, 2016 Pretty much all Datsuns used a bayonet arm, although I've seen some that were converted to use a pin (or had a pin originally, not sure) with an adaptor that slid over the bayonet. It wasn't until the late 80s or so that J-hook ones showed up on Nissans; my Pathfinder has a J-hook for the rear wiper. Quote Link to comment
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