USA1LT1

Hello,

I'm trying to remove the windshield wiper arms on my '67 coupe. Any suggestions on how to do this?

Thanks!

Nicky71

NAPA sells a tool for it, they had to order it for me, but it was only $14.99.
It makes the job much easier.

Chuck Gongloff

Get "the tool". Looks like a pair of pliers, except when you squeeze the handle, the other ends "opens". You can pop the arms off easily. Resist the temptation to vice grip them and pull them off. :)

If NAPA doesn't have one, try Pep Boys, AutoZone, Salvo, etc. Look in the relatively cheap KD tool section. Chuck

67's

:iagree:


And Chuck, aren't we missing yellow sig Pick?

Tom

Jeff Garner

2 screwdrivers under the either side will pop them right off. Just lie a blanket across your hood when they fly off.
I bought one of the removal tools and bent it trying to remove mine and was afraid I'd bend my wiper arms. It was the tool thats slightly bent with a hook that goes under the end of the arm and you squeeze the tool and the wiper arm together to pop it off, but didn't work.

62fuelie

I bought one of those same tools a few years ago and it works great. I can have the arms off in seconds. There is a little technique involved, apparently. :auto:

JohnZ

Here's the tool - makes wiper arm removal and installation a piece of cake, without scratching paint or flying parts; this one is made by "K-D Tools" - any good auto parts store carries them.


:steering:

Jeff Garner

That's exactly the tool I had. I'm glad it works for you.

VETTE1966

I SAW A PICTURE OF THE TOOL IN THE LAST POST--- NOT TO EMBARRASS MYSELF BUT HOW DO YOU USE IT?
:confused:

Tevroc98

Anyone have a KD part number? Thanks

LouieM

What a revelation! I didn't know such a tool existed. I've been using the two-screw driver method for, let's see, 36 years. :conehead Parts store here I come........ :auto:

JohnZ

You engage the "hook" on the end under the bottom of the hub, and the flat part of the tool rests on top of the hub (where the piece of tape is so it doesn't scratch the finish); you squeeze the arm up against the flat part of the tool so you're not fighting the spring tension, and removal/installation is a piece of cake. :thumbs:

Brutal64

Geez guys, all you got to do is pull up and push down at the same time and they pop right off. :confused:

propwash

I spent the bucks for the tool right after I paid #300.00 for a set of 64 OEM "bright" arms and blades, the blades have the bumps on them. At that price I want to scratch nothing. :beatdeadhorse:

JohnZ

Lisle makes one too, looks just like the K-D tool. :thumbs:

DZVette

LIC has it for $6. #16 in Sect 55
http://www.licorvette.com/pdfcatalogfiles/cat22/55.pdf

Haven't tried mine yet.

DZ



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DZVette

Worked as advertised:



It is a "piece of cake" as someone said above.

DZ


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Tim McKisson

So I was able to get the arm off. But anyone have any suggestions where to go from here the cap is pretty shallow. Do I leave the end alone and attempt to unthread the inner part closest to the chrome?

babbah

Pop right off?? We can dream!!

62corvette

Tim,
What is it you are trying to do? The threaded area should have a bezel that screws on it and secures the wiper transmission to the body. The wiper arm that you have pictured isn't going to fit correctly. It's too shallow. On the inside underneath of a correct arm, there is a spring-loaded tab the locks the arm to the splined shaft. Don't think your arm is anywhere deep enough for that to hook.