how to remove wiper arms & scuttle panel

[Paul172sport]

im fairly sure my passengver footwell leak is caused from something under the scuttle panel.

thing is how do you get the wipers off? ive taken off the 3 13mm nuts on each of the arms and the arms are staying firmly on the car, no amount of pulling is shifting them.

is there a knack to getting these off or do i need to undo something else?

on a related note, once i have the scuttle off, where are the common leak entry points on the passenger side.

cheers

 

[bmh.01]

Bearing puller to get the wipers of their taper usually works, they get rather tight to say the least. Water usually has to enter the cabin through the heater and I can't remember any other entry points that side from memory. Check the skuttle drain in the center would be the first port of call.

 

[Fred@BTM]

WD40 and a tap wollop with your palm and a wobble gets them off

 

[typan]

Unless it's really stubbon, then one of these works well http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DRAPER-71462-...409?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item483cadd0a1
Or you can use a large spanner as a puller, but I can find the picture to explain !

 

[biojo]

like this

 

[bmh.01]

^ Thats just asking to scratch the f**k out of the scuttle cover though. If they won't come off with gentle pursuasion then what Typan's posted would be a good idea.

 

[clancy]

next to where the nut was just push down with your palm hard a few times ( it will like pop inwards) then it will come off