Windshield wiper switch knob removal
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Windshield wiper switch **** removal
Tried to take the **** off my winshield wiper switch so I could remove the dash bezel. I my manuel it says to use a hooked tool to release the spring. I made a hook from a coat hanger but am not having any luck getting the **** off. Any sugestions or am I doing it wrong?
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Windshield wiper switch **** removal
Here's what I posted in Feb 01 after the question was asked, and a response came back: Just pry it off. After he read this, the original poster said it worked perfectly for him. Remember, pull on the nail, not on the ****.
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Raul
Wait,wait. I wouldn't just pry it off, you'll brake the the part that holds it on. Here's how I do it, suggest you make up your own procedure to duplicate my results:
Use a very small nail (I use small paneling nail because they are hard and I know where they are) Put a 90 degree bend in the tip (last 1/16 - 1/8),(more acute than 90 is helpful, so you actually have the tip coming slightly back)). Clip the nail head in a set of needle nose vice grips (tight, 'cause it'll want to move).
Place bent tip into the **** slot (twist **** left or right for work comfort) and pull on the vice grips/nail, not on the ****. When you pull the **** the holding mechanism gets tighter on the shaft, when you pull on the nail, it releases the grip.
Suggest you don't just pull on the ****.
Raul
w/ 81 F-100, I6, SROD, Carter 1V non-feedback carb, no A/C, no PS, no PB, but it gets me where I need to go
Good luck
Raul
Wait,wait. I wouldn't just pry it off, you'll brake the the part that holds it on. Here's how I do it, suggest you make up your own procedure to duplicate my results:
Use a very small nail (I use small paneling nail because they are hard and I know where they are) Put a 90 degree bend in the tip (last 1/16 - 1/8),(more acute than 90 is helpful, so you actually have the tip coming slightly back)). Clip the nail head in a set of needle nose vice grips (tight, 'cause it'll want to move).
Place bent tip into the **** slot (twist **** left or right for work comfort) and pull on the vice grips/nail, not on the ****. When you pull the **** the holding mechanism gets tighter on the shaft, when you pull on the nail, it releases the grip.
Suggest you don't just pull on the ****.
Raul
w/ 81 F-100, I6, SROD, Carter 1V non-feedback carb, no A/C, no PS, no PB, but it gets me where I need to go
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Windshield wiper switch **** removal
No, don't just pull the **** off. It'll never stay on the same again. I did that and had to bend the metal piece inside the **** to make it stay on, and it still comes off too easy.
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Windshield wiper switch **** removal
There is a small piece of spring steel friction fitting the wiper switch shaft.
Look underneath on the bottom of the **** you will see a notch out of it.
That's where the spring holder is.
I use a jewellers screwdriver and at the same time I press against the keeper towards the seat, I pull slightly on the ****> Don't force it, it slides right off.
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Thanks ya'll,
I think I was missing the release spring when trying to remove the ****. I'll try it again And I think I'll get it now. Sometimes the smallest thing can relly hold up a project.
Herdsman
I think I was missing the release spring when trying to remove the ****. I'll try it again And I think I'll get it now. Sometimes the smallest thing can relly hold up a project.
Herdsman
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