Wiper Arm Removal

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  • September 2, 2011 at 6:35 pm #233657
    Bill
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    @billoakes

    Stupid question (my norm)…I want to remove the windshield wiper arms from their post – and can NOT figure out how they clamp onto the post.  Any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated.  Oh…it’s a fiberfab on a ford.

    thanks,
    Bill

    September 2, 2011 at 9:07 pm #246204
    Larry Murphy
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    @larry-murphy

     Bill, Most of the time if you  grasp the arm  directly over the post with a pair of pliers and rock back and forth while you pull , they will come off. Some arms have a small spring clip that hooks under the knurled nut that the arm fits to.If your’s has the clip ,use a small screwdriver to pull the clip away from the nut.

    September 2, 2011 at 9:20 pm #246205
    Dan Rosa
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    @dan-r

     Larry ,your wright but you forgot if it has a nut holding the arm  on at the center , that is what i have .. Dan

    September 2, 2011 at 9:32 pm #246206
    Larry Murphy
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    @larry-murphy

     Dan, You are right about the nuts. Some have nuts,some don’t. Since Bill said his clamped on ,I assumed that he had the type with no nuts.This is beginning to sound like a Mounds/Almond Joy candy commercial. ”Sometimes You Feel Like A Nut, Sometimes You Don’t.LOL

    September 2, 2011 at 10:03 pm #246207
    Dan Rosa
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    @dan-r

    GEE          I LOVE ALMOND JOYS  Dan

    September 2, 2011 at 10:22 pm #246208
    MGLondonRoadste
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    @mglondonroadste

    This is making me hungry.

    September 2, 2011 at 10:56 pm #246209
    ray10
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    @ray10

    I’m a M&M kinda guyLOL

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    September 3, 2011 at 1:22 am #246210
    Paul Mossberg
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    @pmossberg

    Wow, I’ve heard of thread drift.

    But I do believe this is the first time I’ve seen a topic drift from windshield wipers, to Mounds/Almond Joy to M&Ms.

    So I guess the natural question at this point is….

    Plain or Peanut M&M?

    Paul Mossberg
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    September 3, 2011 at 4:58 am #246211
    Scott A Chynoweth
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    @1oldbuzz

    Paul;you left out;

    Pretzel;Peanut Butter;Almond;Mint;Coconut;Dark;and Dark Peanut

    September 3, 2011 at 9:24 am #246212
    edward ericson
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    @edsnova

    Mounds.

    September 3, 2011 at 5:15 pm #246213
    ray10
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    @ray10

    Ok lets get serious now M & M with peanuts. LOL

    Ok taking the subject and drifting it a little farther away

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    September 3, 2011 at 6:45 pm #246214
    Montie Henderson
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    @montie

    Make mine an Almond Snickers…  Drifting futher

    Bill, my wipers arms have a cap that just pulls off a slpine, well with a little rocking, pulling and yelling.  The spline it self has 2 set screws holding it on the shaft and the wiper arm slips over the spline.  Make sure you line the wiper up as you put it back on or your pulling it off again. 

    September 4, 2011 at 11:05 am #246215
    Marc Lipsius
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    @mrlmd

    Get back to the candy.

    September 4, 2011 at 11:22 am #246216
    ray10
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    @ray10

    Anyone herd the candy bar poem by” john valby 

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WegOem2FX1Q

    ray1040790.475787037

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    September 4, 2011 at 11:34 am #246217
    Bill
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    @billoakes

    thanks for the help on which candy to go with, guys!
    Wink

    I’ll try the pliers trick.  I want to pull off the arms and cover the post with a red cover…have the covers, and I think it’ll look good.  Besides, if I EVER needed the wipers, I’d need my head examined on why I had the car out in the first place.
    Smile

    September 4, 2011 at 12:06 pm #246218
    Montie Henderson
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    @montie

    I agree Bill, wipers?   I actually feel about the same way about the top, it’s there for emergency use only.. 

    September 4, 2011 at 1:00 pm #246219
    Peter C. King
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    @bdriver

    Rain.

    Isn’t that what overpasses, parking decks and lunch are for?

    September 5, 2011 at 10:32 am #246220
    Bill
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    @billoakes

    @monte – pulled the top when I redid the interior.  

    Wink

    @world – did the pliers thing, got the wipers off!  Was a bit surprised on how the spline attached to the post – pretty cheap.  Got that off too, and covered the posts with a bright red bolt cap.  MUCH cleaner looking windshield now.  Thanks for the suggestions!

    Sorry to interrupt the mounds/almond joy/m&m debate,
    Bill

    September 5, 2011 at 11:27 am #246221
    Montie Henderson
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    @montie

    Bill,

    Post a picture when you get a chance.  I agree pretty cheap set up, been wanting to do something to change mine too. 

    Love your interior the red MG octagon really sets it off. 

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