Best way to remove the wiper blades

[slob]

Been out this morning trying to get my wiper blades off cause the jets have stopped working and I need to get to the motor.

Used a blow torch and I managed to melt a bit of my scuttle pannel even though I was using wet cloth and tin foil as protection. There must have been a gap cause it is melted a bit of it.

Going to have to get a new one on ebay. Still wouldnt budge one bit, had to leave the job for the now to allow the anger to ease a little before I damage something more costly to fix than a scuttle panel..

I tried propping underneath and tapping with hammer ect.

Any ideas?

 

[Gary-Clio]

window wiper puller, well easy to do, or wd40 and put wipers up and just wiggle and pull for ages

 

[Knuckles]

Ball joint separator... If they're stuck at the nut where mine were. They'll pop off in seconds

 

[slob]

Just done a bit of searching going to try the mole grips option. Just reading another thread scuttle panel is nothing to the numerous windscreens that have been smashed getting the buggers off, touch wood.

 

[jamesd1263]

Haha a wet cloth and tin foil to stop a blow torch, really?

Mole grips for the win

 

[Paul182]

Did mine with mole grips

 

[-J-]

I just used a ball joint separator to get mine off, was about £10 from halfords.

 

[PP200t]

I just sprayed on wd40, left a while and it was loose!

 

[slob]

Cheers for the info. The blow torch wet cloth tinfoil combo worked really well. I just neglected the angle I would be directing the heat. FAIL

 

[Jonff]

Ball joint separator... If they're stuck at the nut where mine were. They'll pop off in seconds

This!

I spent ages trying to remove mine with various tools. Went out and bought a ball joint splitter and they came off in seconds.

 

[jamesd1263]

Ball joint tools a fecking awesome for stuff like that!

 

[Sam@NP]

Spanner behind the wiper to support it then tap the spindle with a hammer.

 

[dave_rudabar]

You're lucky if that works - or rather they've been off before & not hammered back into place!

 

[Knuckles]

This!

I spent ages trying to remove mine with various tools. Went out and bought a ball joint splitter and they came off in seconds.

there is a way to get them off with two spanners but its proper awkward on the front :/

 

[slob]

there is a way to get them off with two spanners but its proper awkward on the front :/

Yeah I cracked my widscreen trying this.. good times

 

[slob]

Hammer and spanner I used

 

[Jonff]

there is a way to get them off with two spanners but its proper awkward on the front :/

That one in the guides section? I tried that on my rear wiper and it didn't end well lol

 

[Knuckles]

hammer!? why would you use a hammer next to a window lol?

the thing i was talking about was putting a spanner over the nut and back of the wiper arm then undoing the nut with another spanner pulling the wiper off

 

[slob]

Spanner behind the wiper to support it then tap the spindle with a hammer.

This...... for 15 mins= pissed of person using ever increasing force lol

 

[Tony Hunter]

This!

I spent ages trying to remove mine with various tools. Went out and bought a ball joint splitter and they came off in seconds.

I totally agree, I struggled for ages with mine, tried every method in the book. Small splitter did it in 5 sec's.