I agree with Mother.Trucker. Nothing beats the original installed parts. I recently went thru the same decision. I had an original vacuum motor, but it didn’t work. After reading about so many electric motor wiper installations and the interference problems many have faced I decided to have my original vacuum motor rebuilt by Ficken Wiper Service. The turn around time was just over a week and installed flawlessly. The wiper motor is very strong and operates perfectly, even on dry glass.
When I did the install, I couldn’t get the wiper blades to align to each other when turned off. I tried moving one wiper arm from one spline to next with the opposite result. I found the slotted mounts (attached to the dash) for the vacuum motor, not only helped with installing the motor but also helped with the alignment of the blades. By moving the motor within the slots, it moved the blades in opposite directions allowing the alignment of the wiper blades. Now my blades are perfectly aligned to each other.
The get a ballpark alignment of the wiper arms, set the wiper motor drive arm in a vertical position (I don’t know if an electric motor allows you to move the drive arm, since its gear driven). In other words the shafts that the linkage arms sit on are in a straight up and down position. Once they are set, install the wiper arms in a straight up position. This will get you close. Turn on the wipers to see the coverage. Reset the arms to get them close then do the final alignment by moving the motor.
If I had installed an electric, I would have gone with the one from Classic Parts that you selected. I believe it’s made by Newport engineering and had good reviews. I hope this helps.
