I've been out on my new to me 2006 282 sailfish a couple times over the last week. I went out a few miles off the coast today to do a little fishing and ran into a little chop. This made very obvious the need for a new set of wiper blades; the ones on my boat are worse than useless. Before i walk into the parts department at the marina (who is a Grady Dealer) and pay top dollar for a set of wiper blades i thought I'd ask where everyone is sourcing their wiper blades. Thanks in advance for the advice!
replacement wiper blades
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If they are the old “school bus” style blades Napa carries them. Only place I found.
Windshield wiper blades.
NAPA 60-1870 arm and blade. $9.99.
Blade only 60-1805 $5.99.
Trico 70-180 may work as well.
Windshield wiper blades.
NAPA 60-1870 arm and blade. $9.99.
Blade only 60-1805 $5.99.
Trico 70-180 may work as well.
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I believe they are the school bus tyoe. they are like the ones found on the 60's & 70's cars where you replaced only the rubber edge and not the entire wiper.
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I had replaced the school bus style with black ones from Amazon. They pop on the sprocket.
Last year I eliminated wipers while updating the look of the boat and re-painting.
Last year I eliminated wipers while updating the look of the boat and re-painting.
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I've been hunting parts for my '92 Sailfish as well. They have a metal 'U' looking bracket that has a threaded hole to attach the blade housing. I actually found the blades at my local Grady dealer - but not the missing 'U' bracket. If anyone has ideas on that - I'll dance at your wedding!
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Try NAPA. Use part numbers above.
I switched to these. Changed out the arm.
AFI 31018B Polymer Marine Windshield Wiper Blade (18", Black)
AFI 33014A Deluxe Stainless Steel Adjustable Marine Windshield Wiper Arm for All Motors (14" to 20", Black)
Anco 4102 Adjustable Wiper Arm 10 To 13.5827,"254mm to 345mm"
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The old school ones that attach to the arm with a bracket and screw are Anco 52-XX where XX is the length. (most are either 16 or 18)
Readily available....
Readily available....
These are some pictures of my wiper blades, specifically of the connection between the wiper arm and the blade assembly. Are these what folks are familiar with? We are headed over to Portland on Friday to keep after the pre season chores. I'm planning to take the wipers off and carry them to a NAPA to see what the have that will work. Other than that there's a West marine in town and the marina parts counter should have something, but i'll probably pay more there.
My 2007 330 has blades that require the Narrow (0.25”) refills. I found that Anco N-22R is a bit long maybe 2 inches but works fine. They are very cheap online. mine appear to be identical to the ones pictured above. The need is for a quarter inch wide refill that slides in and locks on one end. If you don’t like the extra length, just cut them off flush.
I took this one but its not very sharp. It appears that the frame is 5/16 would you say that the 1/4" Narrow refils you use would fit this frame??
You need to measure the distance between the clamps that hold the blade on the underside of the arm.
i found a set of blades at the local napa that are going to work for now. that store no longer sells the blade only so I bought a cheap set of frames and got them on the arms. One of my neighbors in the marina has pointed me towards Hamilton Marine as a source of the blades that will fit the original frames.