second gen wiper park adjustment

is there a way to set where the wipers park? mine sweep and go lower than the park point...

can you let them park where they like, then remove the arms and put them back on the windshield and see what they do?

well, right now theyre parked kinda high because when i turn them on, they sweep lower and not far enough the other way...if i just lowered the arms where theyre at, they would come down and jump over the windsheild gasket and onto the paint...

Could the mechanism be mounted upside down or backwards? Just thinking out loud ...

hmmm not sure..when i got the van the mechanism was all jammed and jacked up a bit...i straightened some things and got them working but never had to actually put blades and use them til recently..

Maybe someone else with a 2nd Gen Chevy or I bet Don probably has some pics of the mechanism that would help you to see what it "should" look like. Then you could try to make the necessary "adjustments"...

still trying to figure out why my wipers dont fully sweep and park high. can anyone confirm this is the right link that bolts to the motor? thanks

I have two 2nd gen wiper motors and the length of that arm on both measures 3 1/16" with a tape measure( don't have one of the fancy calipers )

ah hah!! thanks for checking, that just may be the extra throw i need...bought the van like this but after driving thru a major rain storm like mr magoo this weekend i need to figure this out..haha fancy $9.99 harbor frieght calipers..

if anyone has the arm to get rid of, im in the market thanks

I can send you one, PM me your info.

big thanks to Mike Wideload, he sent me a link for free, what a guy! wipers are working as they should be, not sure how my van ended up with the wrong link on the motor as the motor seems correct. the extra offset probably had something to do with why the linkages were a bit tangled up when i got it as well...thanks again Mike!

One vanner helping another...I like it, I love it, can't get enough of it!!! At-A-Boy, Mike!

No problem Adam, glad I could help. Now we've all learned something. I had two of them and both were the same. Our vans are so old there's no telling how or when things got changed on them.

I had the opposite problem. put a 2nd gen/2 speed wiper in my 1st gen shortly after buying the van. it would swing to far. after painting the van, I had to fix it and just drilled a new hole to shorten the throw, unfortunately, now its not enough. maybe I should look in my parts stash for the right one??? can you get me measurements on both versions center to center?

the right one is installed in the van, i dont think i can get a good measurement. my wrong one is 1.920" center to center on the trusty harbor freight calipers..it also has the flats in the wrong orientation causing my wipers to dip low and park too high...not sure if mine came from 1st gen or something totally different...

jrinaman the 2nd gen arm is (measured with my digital tape measure ) 2.25 center to center. Did you have to change any of the linkage when you installed the 2nd gen wiper motor? Was it a direct bolt in?

didn't change any linkage but honestly cant remember which bracket I used or if it was clocked correctly. both motors were the same price and second gen has 2 speeds. you will need a different switch to send power to 'slow' or 'fast' and power to both is 'very fast'. had it set up on bench when I had it out to shorten the arm but still only single speed in the van until time allows and arm is corrected. too many projects, not enough time. stuff like this gets pushed back constantly for more pressing issues.