Popping off windscreen wipers
#1
Posted 31 May 2006 - 12:53 AM
I'm fairly certain LC windscreen wipers are taken off by force but I've never been able to do it myself. Well.. now i need to!
Does anyone have any techniques or tools they use to help this process? Looks like it'd require some serious leverage and has plenty of potential to become a bonnet-scratching projectile.
Thanks
#2 _devilsadvocate_
Posted 31 May 2006 - 06:06 AM
Put a towel on the plenum chamber and place a wooden block thats ~2-3cm thick on the towel and positon under the wiper arm as close possible to the drive shaft. Should be able to use a large screwdriver as a lever here between the block and the arm, work it from both sides of the shaft and you should get a slow release.
Edited by devilsadvocate, 31 May 2006 - 06:07 AM.
#3
Posted 31 May 2006 - 09:17 AM
#4
Posted 31 May 2006 - 12:47 PM
#5
Posted 31 May 2006 - 01:41 PM
#6
Posted 31 May 2006 - 01:48 PM
A Gas Axe is far quicker
#7
Posted 31 May 2006 - 07:16 PM
#8
Posted 31 May 2006 - 07:48 PM
CHEERS Chris
#9 _lj7369_
Posted 01 June 2006 - 08:32 PM
#10
Posted 01 June 2006 - 09:07 PM
I did it today, here was my technique.
Take a small flat-head screwdriver and slip it just below the wiper arm but inside the little groove. Twist it and it'll lift up, even without releasing the saftey catch manually.
Then I used a small wooden block covered in towel as a pivot point (the rest of the towel i wrapped around the whole wiper). Using a bigger screwdriver as the lever, it slid off no problem.
Thanks again.
#11 _Yella SLuR_
Posted 01 June 2006 - 09:21 PM
Agree, towel is required cause they come off in a hurry, usually ending up on the bonnet.
#12 _chevy_253_torana_
Posted 11 June 2006 - 12:35 AM
#13 _Yella SLuR_
Posted 11 June 2006 - 08:55 AM
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