78 wipers
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Mountain Pass
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From: Queensland, Australia
78 wipers
Hi,
how do you get the wipers to come off the knurled ****.
There's a small tab, do you pull this up, push it down?
Scared of damaging.
To make things worse the tab has broken off on one of the wipers.
Thanks.
how do you get the wipers to come off the knurled ****.
There's a small tab, do you pull this up, push it down?
Scared of damaging.
To make things worse the tab has broken off on one of the wipers.
Thanks.
Fleet Owner
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 20,678
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From: NorCal
Use a hooked pick to pull the tab away from the post. Then squarely walk the wiper base off the post. There is a tool made for doing so and it's only a few bucks... worth it given the typical amount of frustration.
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Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 130
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From: Pilot Mound, Iowa
Try this tool :
Lisle 65750 - Remover Tool | O'Reilly Auto Parts
I fought my wiper arms something terrible until I picked up this tool. Wiper arms came off in about 5 seconds, no kidding that easy and for $6 why not have one.
Jeff
Lisle 65750 - Remover Tool | O'Reilly Auto Parts
I fought my wiper arms something terrible until I picked up this tool. Wiper arms came off in about 5 seconds, no kidding that easy and for $6 why not have one.
Jeff
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Joined: Feb 2004
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From: The Shenandoah Valley
Once removed, you can update to a newer style that is both ...
... easier to find replacement wipers for ...
... and which are easier to remove from knurled spindles:
(click on little blue thingy after screen name in quote box)
... easier to find replacement wipers for ...
... and which are easier to remove from knurled spindles:
I know that I can still get "refills" for my '77's OEM wipers, but the arms don't apply a lot of force any longer and even the new refills I just installed last week fail to make good contact across the whole of the blade when wet.
So, recalling that some many months ago I had purchased two newer style hook arms that fit 1991-96 Ford F-150 PUs and maybe others, today I decided to shorten and fit them with new blades.
Start with .... etc ....
So, recalling that some many months ago I had purchased two newer style hook arms that fit 1991-96 Ford F-150 PUs and maybe others, today I decided to shorten and fit them with new blades.
Start with .... etc ....
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