Isntall Help
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St. Jude Donor '07
Isntall Help
Just bought a new COWL piece and notice that I have to remove the windshield wipers to swap the pieces out. ANY tricks to doing this?
Thanks for all of the help.
Micah
Thanks for all of the help.
Micah
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From: Houston, Tx Got traction?
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St. Jude Donor '07-'08
Originally Posted by mph1972
Just bought a new COWL piece and notice that I have to remove the windshield wipers to swap the pieces out. ANY tricks to doing this?
Thanks for all of the help.
Micah
Thanks for all of the help.
Micah
Chris
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St. Jude Donor '03
Before you begin, turn the wipers on to intermittant, let them sweep once, then shut the ignition off. This will leave the wipers "undocked", and resting on the windshield.
Take a couple pieces of tape, and stick a piece to the windshield above and below each wiper blade...this will make reinstalling and orienting them correctly very easy.
The arms sit on tapered, splined shafts. After removing the nuts, wiggle them back and forth on the shaft, they usually pop loose pretty easily.
Beer is a great idea too...but has little to do with the actual wiper removal process.
Take a couple pieces of tape, and stick a piece to the windshield above and below each wiper blade...this will make reinstalling and orienting them correctly very easy.
The arms sit on tapered, splined shafts. After removing the nuts, wiggle them back and forth on the shaft, they usually pop loose pretty easily.
Beer is a great idea too...but has little to do with the actual wiper removal process.
Pro
Joined: Oct 2002
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From: Just North of Buffalo NY
Originally Posted by Y2Kvert4me
Before you begin, turn the wipers on to intermittant, let them sweep once, then shut the ignition off. This will leave the wipers "undocked", and resting on the windshield.
Take a couple pieces of tape, and stick a piece to the windshield above and below each wiper blade...this will make reinstalling and orienting them correctly very easy.
The arms sit on tapered, splined shafts. After removing the nuts, wiggle them back and forth on the shaft, they usually pop loose pretty easily.
Beer is a great idea too...but has little to do with the actual wiper removal process.
Take a couple pieces of tape, and stick a piece to the windshield above and below each wiper blade...this will make reinstalling and orienting them correctly very easy.
The arms sit on tapered, splined shafts. After removing the nuts, wiggle them back and forth on the shaft, they usually pop loose pretty easily.
Beer is a great idea too...but has little to do with the actual wiper removal process.
Instructor
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From: Ramona CA
Just an FYI, what I did was pull the nuts off, then penetrating oiled them, then hit the shafts 3 times each with a punch, without hitting the windshield or threads, and the wipers practically fell off.
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