windshield wiper removal

**2002** · 04-08-2010, 05:18 PM

painting...or replacing the black cowl pieces between the hood and the windshield becasuse they are faded....have to take the windshield wipers off to get the drivers side plastic piece off......i took the 13 mm nuts off ...but they will not come off....any ideas?

thanx

**Spikito** · 04-08-2010, 05:39 PM

i had this same problem....i busted my windshield prying on it.....go by a glass place...they have a puller

**Cutlass** · 04-08-2010, 06:47 PM

A battery terminal puller works well to remove wipers. Otherwise pushing and pulling the wiper towards/away to/from the glass will sometimes free them up

**Spikito** · 04-08-2010, 07:00 PM

yeah ive heard of people using one of those too

**Z28_Driver** · 04-08-2010, 10:26 PM

Use the puller. It works and is not very expensive. Better than buying glass.

**Spikito** · 04-09-2010, 12:37 AM

yup....it was $261 for a new windshield...

**Z28boy2000** · 04-09-2010, 06:08 AM

did mine with the puller, good friend didnt....he wished he did after he dropped 249 on a windshield

**2002** · 04-09-2010, 07:24 PM

sweet!!! thanx guys......i take it any auto parts store will have a battery terminal puller?....about how much?

**KMdef9** · 04-11-2010, 07:59 AM

Originally Posted by 2002

sweet!!! thanx guys......i take it any auto parts store will have a battery terminal puller?....about how much?

15-20 at the most. This is the only way you should remove them. Hit them with some PB blaster first then the puller. I pulled mine off because I dont drive my car in the rain (and rain-x works better than wipers anyways).

**jd2002ss** · 04-11-2010, 05:53 PM

Originally Posted by Spikito

yup....it was $261 for a new windshield...

Broke mine too!! Good luck on finding a quality replacement, if you break it. OEM's don't exsist anymore, other than bone yards. I had the installer put in 3different windshields before I found one that didn't have a distorted view. (like looking thru a funhouse window)

**raysz28** · 04-13-2010, 06:29 PM

any luck removing the wipers? I need to get in to remove the wiper motor circuit board...

**devildogws6** · 04-13-2010, 06:34 PM

i just tapped it with a hammer and wiggled it lol then again old windshield was smashed already as you could see in other thread i started hahaha but it worked alright

**JunkyardZ** · 04-13-2010, 06:40 PM

For future reference a pair of channel locks work good. Screw the nut on a few threads and put one jaw under the wiper arm and the other on the nut/stud and use a little muscle. They will pop right off.

**raysz28** · 04-13-2010, 06:49 PM

cool thanks, i'll give that a try.

**TransAmTerry** · 01-13-2015, 02:07 PM

I'm glad I found this thread !!! I needed to replace my cowl panels ( the ones under the wipers ) and I was just going to try to pry the wipers off. Glad I didn't. Proly woulda broke the windshield. I used the channel lock method since I don't own a puller and it worked rather well. Hopefully, that's the last time I have to remove any of that. Thanks for all the advice.