I've got a broken plastic nipple/nozzle at the liftgate. The piece is where the rubber hose would connect from the liftgate and run to the wiper arm. Does anyone know what part I need? Also any experienced tips welcome. 01 Bravada same style as S10 Blazer and Jimmy.

 

It seems from your description your wiper arm is mounted on the upper(glass)section. I am familiar with this issue on the gate mounted wiper arms(mine included).I am sure some one makes this part other than being solely available from GM.Try any vendor that carries the "help" line of plastic goodies or perhaps Dorman. BTW, I gave up on a rear wiper long ago,the Blazer is the first unit I had ever owned so equipped,but the system is SO problematic,it wasn't worth it to me,plus it scratched the glass badly in severe weather.Now I just use rain-x and rely mostly on my side views.

 

LMC truck has them.

 

Been there. Mine broke off too. If I'm understanding you correctly, then you're looking for the plastic 90° washer hose fitting? If so, then you're going to find that your Chevy dealer will only sell that little hose fitting with the whole rear wiper arm assembly. I had no luck finding anything small enough at any of the usual auto parts stores, so I got creative and used a T fitting with a plastic cap on the one end that wasn't needed.
NAPA auto parts has a plastic box behind the counter with a large amount of shapes and sizes of fittings and had one in the correct size, but only in a T fitting. It worked perfect for me. Remember that there's a piece of the old fitting broken off in the rubber grommet that needs to be taken out before you try shoving the new fitting inside. I used a small drywall screw to twist into the broken piece and then was able to pull it straight out. Good luck.

 

The vehicle is my wife's dd so I'm looking to get it going because she needs all the help she can get. That image is exactly what I'm talking about and yes, the bit of plastic is still in the hose. So 4x4, how did you attach the t fitting? Did you have to get inside of the liftgate trim or did the old piece screw out? Thanks everyone for your input.

 

it just pushes into the grommet. Mine broke off too short to get a hold onto it with any sort of tool, so as I mentioned above I used a small diameter drywall screw. By twisting the screw threads into the broken piece left inside. Just twist it in with your fingers and pull straight out. It doesn't have threads on the fitting, it only has a couple of barbs circling the end of the fitting. It's an easy 2 minute fix. Good luck.

 

I washed my Blazer today and once again I got a little rough with the towel while drying it and broke off the plastic elbow that attaches the rear window washer fluid hose to the tailgate grommet. The dealer shows that the small plastic 90° elbow is only available with the purchase of the rear wiper arm, Screw that! I went to NAPA Auto Parts and found the perfect size replacement.




Here's the NAPA A/P part number:


It's not as easy as ya might think to hunt one of these little things down, I tried 4 other places before I lucked out at NAPA