Posted by Glen on Saturday, September 13, 2003 at 2:43PM :
I tried buying the 33-110 wiper, seems it's not a good number anymore. It was listed in my 1987 Trico book but said was available until stock depleted. The 33-110 is for hook type wiper arms and the correct arm type is wrist action as Trico calls it or bent hook as other wiper makers call it. The shortest blade Trico makes for the wrist action arm is a 10" #33-101. This blade is designed for curved or flat glass so they claim. I bought a pair but was unhappy with the way the rubber contacted the glass in the center of the blade, little or no contact. The blade spine/arm attachment point seems to be a greater distance than necessary from the wiper rubber allowing the entire blade to flop back and forth during swipes. I also have a Trico book from 1970 which lists a TAU-9 specifically for the PW. It is a 9" solid spine blade designed for flat glass only. Anco does interchange the TAU-9 to a 9" blade made for curved or flat glass using the correct wrist action connection. The Anco # is 20-9. I bought a pair of these and the height difference between where the arm attaches and the rubber is much less than the 10" Trico 33-101. The Anco blade seems to lay better against the flat glass and doesn't appear to flop around like the Trico brand. My Dodge parts book lists the wiper blade being 8.25" but I haven't checked to see if Anco makes anything shorter than 9". I did find a company on the web called Vintique that makes a wrist action 8" and 9" solid spine blade for flat glass that seems to be a dead ringer for the original equipment wiper, but I haven't spoke to them on the phone to comfirm the details. The Trico 33-101 will work but not very well, the Anco 20-9 seems to be way better but the Vintique blade may be the best.
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