You saved me a great deal Mr puberty! Pulled dash off to change the heater core to realize I was stuck on the windshield arm without a store in a 30 mile radius to buy a puller. TY
I was just about to exit out of the video thinking this was gonna be a dumb “life hack” that would likely screw up the vehicle but when my boy said “but being extremely poor I don’t own that tool” I knew from that moment forward… this guy is the real F-ing deal this guy is gonna know what he’s doing…then when his voice began cracking it really just drove it home for me. 👊👊👊
Press down a few times on the joint. Lift the arm up at the joint, grab the wiper where the spline goes through it. Wiggle back in fourth (from the upper part above the joint) while pulling upon the wiper arm(down at the bolt. You dont need a puller or any of those tools for that. I worked for Safelite for 3 1/2 years and for this style I've never needed anything. Other styles absolutely such as a 60's ford stlye.
If you fold the arm at the spring you get better leverage to waggle it on the post. Should you try using shock treatment with a copper hammer on the post ..Don't, you end up pushing the mounting plate down and the wiper arms scratch the windscreen.
You can do it by hand by pushing the spot that raises the wipers up or you can grab it and do a push down pull up motion. That’s how we do it when taking the cowling off for windshields anyways.
@@markfromtinder9616 most certainly can, the wipers with two arms, most commonly on Mercedes, is actually easier. I guess because of how poorly they’re made they do break pretty easy but that’s if you don’t know what you’re doing.
Nice. Some makes I usually lift the arm like your changing the blade usually unlocks the spring tension that locks it to that bolt must be a fail safe if the nut was missing. But that seems like the next level if it's truly stuck thanks!
You don't need any tools. Just lift the arm up (it locks in the down position) and wiggle the arm from side to side at th base. It may not break free at first, but it will. It's only crud stopping it from coming off.
Thank you so much! Great life hack! It’s raining buckets where I am. So you saved me some cuss words! lol Do you live in Virginia? Funny how you say “on.” Nice but tell me where you grew up? Thanks again McGiver would be proud to have you as a son! lol
I'm sorry to hear that, I've never had that happen and I've been fairly hard on them before, I know that it's good to work it off equally because if you only pry on one end it kind of just wedges itself
I am sorry to hear that, did you spray it at all with wd-40 or pb blaster? Maybe it's getting caught up. Also don't get it on the windsheild. Good luck
@@mayson2 hey thanks for replying. I ended up buying a wiper arm puller and it was really worth the $15. It made all the difference and I just got done replacing the motor and linkage 👍
