JDM Compound Wiper Arm on 40 series questions (1 Viewer)

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I have a 1981 BJ44 with the compound wiper arm and have two questions. My spring is no longer creating tension against the windshield so I bought a set of replacement springs for the FJ40 and they are too long to create the correct tension. Also, I have never been able to find wiper blades to fit the arms.


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Question 1) if anyone has one of these compound arms, could you send me a picture of the spring on the underside that pulls the wiper blade into the windshield? I never had an oem one and want to see how it is shaped and how it sits in the wiper...

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Question 2) What is the width of the wiper arm on normal 40s here in the states? Every time i have tried to fit a US wiper it seems too narrow. My arm is 7mm wide and the raised retention thingy is 17 to 18mm from the end. Anyone have this issue before?

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Here are a couple of pics. The first is the one on my truck. The second is a spare that I have. For the wiper blades, try 85221-90800. They are still available I think.

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That spring is shorter than the standard arm spring correct? I wonder if anyone makes a replacement for that?

Thanks for they pics and the part number!
 
I am not familiar with the standard arm spring length, as there appears to be several part numbers for the non-compound wiper arm. I can confirm that the spring for the compound wiper arm is about 10mm shorter than the non-compound arm. Other than that, they are identical. I believe you could easily modify the longer spring to work for the compound wiper arm. It doesn’t appear that Toyota sells the spring separate from the arm. It is likely that the spring in arm 85190-90305 would work, but it’s almost $50! I’ll send you the spare long spring I have if you want to try and modify it to make it work. Just send me your shipping address and pay for shipping.

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