New Rear Wiper (Blade)

[45guy]

Looking for a replacement rear wiper blade for the 97. Exhibiting utter denial of the market dominance of the J-hook design, Ford blundered off in another direction with the reinforced-hole, sidemount on a spindle with retaining clip design. Brilliant!. But what about replacement blades?
Any aftermarket ones work here, fellas?

 

[drothgeb]

I just went to Advance Auto...They had plenty of options for me

 

[Electrohacker]

walmart carries anco, and they always work

 

[Joe Dirt]

Yeah- I've bought 2 at the local Wally World and one at Autozone. Have you checked them out? Never had an issue, other than some stores don't carry many short blades.

 

[96eb96]

I think its a 13 or 14 in the back, I went a bit oversized so it wipes more of the window. They are available at any parts store. I also oversized the fronts to 22".

 

[45guy]

Size wasn't the issue; the post mounting, rather than the standardized J-hook, is.

 

[drothgeb]

http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/we...rico_16030009-P_326_R|GRPWIPEAMS_617248581___

 

[gijoecam]

The j-hooks were just becoming common across the board in the mid-90s. The pin was the defacto standard for the 20 years before that. The rear wiper on a 97 was carried over from 95-96.

And I have yet to see a wiper sold in the last 20 years that woud fit the j-hook and not the pin. Most of them come with all the adapters you need.

 

[Electrohacker]

I bought one set of cheap wipers once that would not fit the pin