How to get the wiper arms off their splines?

The best way is a puller.

lift the arm away from he screen and waggle it sideways, always works.

forgot to say: leave the nut on the threads, just a couple of turns, then when it releases you don't suddenly have a wiper arm flapping in the air and damaging paintwork (been there and done that)

Care to come and try it on my Focus? :-)

I've always had success doing exactly what you say in the past, but this bugger's not going to come off. It's positioned slightly too high, but I'm living with it.

I bought a purpose-made wiper arm extractor; it bent. I used a little three-legged puller, but if I tightened it any more, it would have broken. I left it on all night in the hope that the wiper fairies would help, but no luck.

The only option would be to hacksaw a lump off it I reckon, and as it's not actually broken, I've given up.

Chris

Don't get angry but.... I know you will have soaked it in penetrating oil etc.

Yep; I made a little "pond" with aluminium foil and Bluetak, and left it overnight. Still won't budge.

Chris

Yep! :-)

I have not come across one that would not respond before, but there is always an exception etc. In your case I would drill a small hole parallel to the centre line of the spindle or parallell to the taper (whichever seemed easy) Which should relieve some of the squeeze and try again, or heat it up by gripping it with red hot mole grips.

Lift the arm up, plrise the hub from the spline with a flat scredriver, waggling it either side until it is free. Any moron can do it.

McK.

Wish I was a moron then...

Chris

In article , Chris Whelan writes

Bit of heat? (careful of the screen!)

There's a puller available from Machine Mart and others.

...and the plastic panel the spindle sticks through...

Chris

I've prised mine off in the past with an open ended spanner (or 2) and a bit of wiggling !

Graham

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember McKevvy saying something like:

On S**te Old Snotters, yes. Fings are different on modern crap - made to break.

The puller I bought *just about* did both front arms on my fabia, but was broken by the time I finished.