Fwd: <VV> Re: Wiper Arm removal tech tip?

[HallGrenn at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/29/2005 10:03:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
pottsf at msn.com writes:

Before I got my wizbang removal tool I used a large metal kitchen spoon 
(bigger than a tablespoon).  I would put a doubled up washcloth between the spoon 
and the paint and lift the wiper arm (at the opposite end from the wiper blade) 
with the tip of the spoon bowl.  It always worked in second or two.  Come to 
thing about it, the spoon works better than the specialty tool because the 
wiper never flies up and bounces on the paint like it wants to sometimes with the 
special tool.

Bob Hall
Group Corvair
'64 Brier, '65 Corsa, 2 '68 Monzas

> The way I get under the side of the hub opposite the side I can pull on by
> the arm is with a cotter-pin puller. I never PRY with it (against the
> paintwork) - I always hold it so that I am only pulling under the hub.
>    After five minutes or so, I happen upon the "sweet angle," and the arm
> slides right off. Use patience, multiple tugs, and try to limit the force of
> your efforts.
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