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I just received new "replacement" style wipers from LMC truck for my '53 3100. Most things I have got from there haven't been too bad, but the way these blades mount to the arms is absolutely Mickey-mouse. They are gonna flop all around and fly off by the looks of things, unless I'm missing a connector or something. Can anyone enlighten me here?

Does your truck have the original wiper arm linkage/knurled attachment lugs?
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The pictured tool and instructions discuss the clip arrangement and removal.
If so the corresponding Trico wiper arms slide on to these and lock with a small clip (on the wiper arm). It is my experience that this OEM arrangement is a pretty secure system, first time removal is what I base this on.
Do the replacement arms tighten in this manner or with some sort of set screw? If they are set screw type before you damage the arms I would see what others may reply with, my experience with them is they may be more problematic over time. Set screw types will destroy the original fine knurled area, if this happens original arms will no longer work.

The replacement arms have splines that fit over the original splined stub shaft, and there is a spring loaded tab that clips against the stub th hold the arm in place. However, that isn't my issue at this point. The issue is how the wiper arm mounts to the wiper blade assembly. It is VERY wobbley and doesn't clip together worth a $£|¥! I can tell this setup won't make it long before the wiper blades go flying off. Wiper blades should only pivot in one axis on a wiper arm. They shouldn't be allowed to wobble like they're mounted on a pivot ball. As far as I'm concerned this setup is garbage, and they weren't cheap. $15 per blade and $15 per arm, plus tax and shipping makes for a pricy pile of junk.

Without a picture I can't say what the comparison is to OEM but it may be worth noting these are very rudimentary wiper systems.

It's true that modern wiper blades are designed to mount solidly to the arm and all of the blade flex is achieved by the articulated blade frame.
The blade you have (stock style) is a straight piece of steel with a little rubber lip on the bottom.
All of the laying over and other flexing has to be achieved by the whole blade moving, that's why it just hooks loosely (but securely) to the arm.

This isn't a stock style wiper. LMC has two types listed, original and replacement style. The originals are stock style, and their "replacement" wipers are a modern style replacement for the original style. The ones I got (replacement style) are modern style that incorporate a tiered bridge system like most of today's wipers. Does anyone out there have experience with these wipers like I have from LMC?

I searched this subject on here and got some numbers for new arms and blades from NAPA. the part numbers must be outdated, the guys at NAPA couldn't do anything for me. So, I fired up some equipment and made my own tiny pivot brackets and welded them to the arms and the blade structure. They should be structurally sound now, but when I eventually need new wipers I'll need to make a couple more brackets.