My name is Tim Williamson, my wife and I just bought a 1999 Newell # 505. We live in south Texas and have been RVing for 30 plus years, all 3 previous rv’s were new and we learned that they spend the first year in the shop, so we decided to buy used this time.
I’m looking for the frt windshield pivot for the drivers side, Newell stated that they were Bosch units and don’t make them anymore.
I am new to this site so if this is in the wrong place please guide me to the right place.
Thank you
Tim Williamson
When you say pivot are you referring to the bushing? If you search the forum you'll find a common problem where the bushing rusts and the wiper quits working. Pulling and cleaning up the shaft and bushing usually fixes the problem. At least my memory tells me from a number of years back....
Welcome to the forum.
and....often the nut that holds each wiper on can come loose. then the motor moves and the wiper stays still
tom
Hello Tim,
Congrats on your purchase. We also have a 99 model #525 and had the same problem as you have. Take a look at this thread
http://newellgurus.com/showthread.php?tid=5077 for some part numbers that I used to replace my wiper pivot. As a temporary fix I used a metric bushing I had on hand for another project that I ordered from McMaster Carr. Hope this helps.
My wipers were skipping removal of water in the middle of the windshield and so determined that the springs were worn. When I removed the arms found that the idle spindle was rusted out and bent. So this began a search for replacement parts; since my coach is a 1999 #538 the search became problematic due to age. After hours of searching and re searching (if one starts a new search other results pop up that otherwise had not been flagged before) and found the replacement parts as follows:
Bosch dual wiper arm assembly 3-398-100-090 HD Truck Bus Dual Arm 730mm; the numbers on these exactly match those stamped on my old arms.
ebay link-
https://www.ebay.com/itm/265775654459?ch...47c6d56d2c
My search for replacement pivot plates ended with American Bus, Part# A422628001. Link-
https://american-bus-inc.com/parts-and-accessories/
I don't have a picture of the pivots plates as they are presently in transit, however included in attachments is the American Bus wiper page parts list.
Finding these parts was a great relief as no custom work needs to be done-just plug and play.