Wiper Arm Removal

[Bill]

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

[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.

[Dan Rosa]

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

[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.

[Dan Rosa]

GEE          I LOVE ALMOND JOYS  Dan

[Mark]

This is making me hungry.

[ray10]

I’m a M&M kinda guy

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[Paul Mossberg]

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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[Scott A Chynoweth]

Paul;you left out;

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

[edward ericson]

Mounds.

[ray10]

Ok lets get serious now M & M with peanuts.

Ok taking the subject and drifting it a little farther away

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[Montie Henderson]

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. 

[Marc Lipsius]

Get back to the candy.

[ray10]

Anyone herd the candy bar poem by” john valby 

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

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[Bill]

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

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.

[Montie Henderson]

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

[Peter C. King]

Rain.

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

[Bill]

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

@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

[Montie Henderson]

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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