wiper pivot rebuild

1969 Sport Satellite, my wiper pivots seem to be froze up. Anybody out there ever had theirs apart and rebuilt? I don't know if that is even possible. Can they be soaked in something to break them loose? I have new seals and gaskets, but they won't do me much good if the pivots are DOA.

They are swaged together, so if they truly need to come apart you'll have to grind the swaged metal away... I just soaked mine & slowly worked with them, they freed up very well....

Thanks for the reply. I was hoping a good soaking would free them up. What should I soak them in? I was thinking maybe diesel fuel.

Now for the wiper pivots, and adding a zurk grease fitting . . .

First start a hole with a centering drill bit . . . ( marked a black spot on the bottom of the pivot with it in the car so they can be accessed in the car )



Got the centering hole done on both pivots . . .



The drilled the hole until it touched the shaft wiper . . .



Then ground the tip off the bit to get a better hole down to the shaft . . . drilled both till it hit the shaft again . . .



Then had to cut the end of the tap off to allow the cutting teeth to engage and start the thread cutting . . .
Continued cutting the end off until I got good threads in the hole . . .



TaDa .. . . tapped the hole - we've got threads . . .



And . . . last but not least . . . add the zurk grease fitting . . .



ready to add grease . . .

I had the same problem on my 68 Coronet. Soaked it in penetrating oil for a few days and then put some heat to it to free it up. Worked like a charm.

Thanks for the replies. Now I have a very good idea of what I can do. I do have the zerk and seal kit, so now I just gotta get to it!! Thanks again