Winshield wiper on bed cap?

Daedalus · #1 02-18-2010, 05:04 PM

Does anyone know if you can buy a windshield wiper assembly that you can mount on a truck cap? I can never see out my rearview mirror because it gets covered with salt and crap from the road. Ill clean it at the gas station and it'll be covered again within a mile or two. It sucks...

greyghost · #2 02-18-2010, 09:07 PM

if your crafty rob a wiper from a mini van and make your own mounting hardware.

Daedalus · #3 02-19-2010, 02:09 AM

That's pretty much my plan if no one knows of any kit or something sold for this purpose. If I do go that route it should make a nice a how to thread....

FireRanger · #4 02-19-2010, 06:18 AM

Never seen such a product. It would have to be a custom job. It will be tricky though since you would have to mount it to the tailgate or to the glass itself. I really don't see any practical way to do this.

Daedalus · #5 02-19-2010, 06:45 AM

I was thinking about mounting it from above. I have a 92 ranger with an aluminum cap that is probably just as old and has about 3-4 inches of aluminum above the rear window before it meets the top so there's definitely room to mount it up there and have the wiper arm hang down and sweep across the window...

I suppose the issue would be getting one with a joint that would bend up at a little more than 90 degrees so that the window could still be opened normally to access the bed.

FireRanger · #6 02-19-2010, 10:32 AM

You wouldn't want the wiper to move up with the glass. I don't think any wiper arms is designed for that kind of movement and probably break. You need one of those ones that will bed the wiper off the glass, then when in operation it stays on the glass.

HanzoSteel · #7 02-19-2010, 10:49 AM

I'm sure you can mount one somehow. But what about the sprayer, I wouldn't want to wipe a dry glass with no water.

Daedalus · #8 02-19-2010, 11:37 AM

Good point. When I go to the junkyard looking for the wiper assembly ill make sure to grab the bottle and pump as well. I can mount a bottle in the bed easy . . .

Edit: hopefully I can find one of those wipers that has the sprayer nozzle worked into the wiper arm too. One less thing to mount . . .

mbushnell · #9 02-19-2010, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by FireRanger

You wouldn't want the wiper to move up with the glass. I don't think any wiper arms is designed for that kind of movement and probably break. You need one of those ones that will bed the wiper off the glass, then when in operation it stays on the glass.

My '93 Explorer's rear window wiper had a rest that the wiper arm
dropped onto when the wiper was in the "parked" position. That way the wiper blade was below the rear window & was out in the air, suspended off of the wiper arm.
Just get the washer nozzle in addition to the bottle & pump.

FireRanger · #10 02-19-2010, 02:34 PM

^^^ That's exactly what I'm talking about right there.

Americantruckfleet · #11 02-19-2010, 03:30 PM

jeez... when its all said and done, that is after you mount the bottle, wiper motor, sprayer motor, mounting brackets, power and ground, mounting hardware, you mine as well just wipe it down every trip or so.... o and did i mention that all those products that have to be intsalled would take longer to intall then just conviently wiping it at a gas station... you do the math....

greyghost · #12 02-19-2010, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Americantruckfleet

jeez... when its all said and done, that is after you mount the bottle, wiper motor, sprayer motor, mounting brackets, power and ground, mounting hardware, you mine as well just wipe it down every trip or so.... o and did i mention that all those products that have to be intsalled would take longer to intall then just conviently wiping it at a gas station... you do the math....

what else does he have to do with his time while the wife watches the soaps?

Americantruckfleet · #13 02-19-2010, 03:39 PM

ya i guess.....

Daedalus · #14 02-19-2010, 05:43 PM

Yeah, it'll be a pretty decent project but hell, it'll be fun. Never seen anyone do something like this before . . .

Americantruckfleet · #15 02-19-2010, 10:03 PM

well then i guess i can be assuming the fact that there will be before and after pictures posted soon then Daedalus... i have a bed cap and i would like to dream of the possibilities.... that is if it is at all possible