wiper possibilities for '96 T600?

If your talking about the blades you put the screw thru,they make a adapter to use a regular beam blade. As for the noise,your pivots and linkage probably worn out.
Adapter should be trp part# wm03041

 

Any KW or Pete dealer should be able to order that part#. Spray your pivots with a Teflon lube til you can find replacements,it won't collect dirt like oil based will.

 

You might try Rain-X to help reduce friction.

 

Does that stuff really work, or does it leave a sort of film on windshield ?

 

I use it with very good results. When my wipers start scraping I apply a fresh coat it only take a min with a long handle sponge, let dry and then buff. new wipers make it even better. The water beads off the windshield, it,s like magic. One large bottle can last about a year.

 

I don't care for rain-x. Once you apply it you better re-apply it religiously every month or you will regret that you didn't. The "coating" has to be maintained. As it "wears out" or loses its effectiveness it will cause rain to smear on your windshield from the wipers basically rendering them useless. Once in a sudden hard downpour I #### near ran off the road into the median because I didn't maintain the rain-x coating and my wipers did nothing at all to help me see. Was similar to driving in fog where you can't see the hood ornament it's so thick. Really causes a pucker. It works great when it's on there new just don't get lazy about re-applying it periodically.

 

If you ever have the streaking problem with rain x as it loses it strength and starts to streak and your bottle is empty or lost in the abyss of your hotel room sized sleeper a good trick is to use a product called "glass cleaner" with ammonia. Here are steps to application.
1 shut off truck motor
2 put keys in your pocket.
3 unlatch hood " both sides"
4 open hood
5 climb up on drivers side steer tire
6 spray glass cleaner on windshield or windshields.
7wipe with clean paper towel
8 repeat if needed

This product also works great for removing bugs road grime and dust from windshields and other glass too.

Glad I could help

RockyMtnKw.

 

I just made a post asking for info on a rumored adapter part I'd heard about like this! . Thank you. I'm off on a mad search now. Almost 4mil miles of crappy wiper blades .... maybe the next 2 mil will be blissful and I can see at night in the rain , thanks to you!