Removing seized wiper arms without fancy tools
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- čas přidán 24. 06. 2017
- ** WARNING **
Apparently some people don’t read the entire description before trying things, so I am adding this warning AT THE TOP for the benefit of the lazy and impulsive.
**CAREFULLY** read the hazards below before attempting this. Proceed with caution! If you break something, we’re all very sorry for your inconvenience, but the blame is not for someone else.
This is a 2004 GMC Envoy, but this should apply to many makes and models. Hopefully this helps someone, I spent way too long yesterday being brain-dead about this!
IMPORTANT: Most wrenches with open on one end, "box" on the other end are angled, not flat. USE ONE THAT HAS THIS ANGLE SO YOU CAN FACE IT AWAY FROM THE WINDSHIELD!
Be careful the wrench is not touching the windshield and if so, take steps to protect the windshield or damage to the windshield could occur. The wrench I used was angled up away from the windshield, ALSO, this particular vehicle has a plastic faring (as you see) which elevates the wrench off the glass some, so IN MY CASE, there was no risk unless I'd somehow hit the wrench itself. YOUR VEHICLE MAY BE DIFFERENT!
Proceed AT YOUR OWN RISK! - Hudba
I gained morality and health from this video. Your video substantially cleaned up my language and reduced my blood pressure. Thank you sir!
😭🤣 too funny.
🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂
The Fuck?
I can relate. 👍
I know that horrible feeling, try to suppress the beast before wrecking havoc.
I’ve been yanking on my wiper arm for 3 days. This worked in 10 seconds. You just made my Christmas, I love you.
Since this worked for me, a 5' - 110lb. - 67 yr. young lady, it should work for anyone... you're a genius!!! Thank you for sharing!
Good on you for replacing them DIY! :)
I love a simple fix that means I don’t t have to buy a ‘one use’ tool. This worked a treat on my 2007 5 series BMW. You sir, are a gent.
I'm auto Glass business many years I used this trick few times only when customers aren't looking. Don't want to bring out hammer when replacing the windshield. Great video man and have a great day
I almost lost my sanity digging through CZcams videos that completely skip this part, so thank you.
My dad and I couldn’t get the arms off my 2015 Ford Fiesta yesterday. I was about to buy one of those pullers today but we tried your method first and BOOM off in 2 minutes. Thank you!
After a couple hours of frustration you saved my ass in literally 30 seconds on each side. Bravo!!!!
IDK where you live... but I owe you a beer! On a VW had to stack two wrenches, but the fundamental idea to bridge an anvil between the arm & shaft flare was pure genius.
Even the puller had failed me. Heck, I owe you a whole 6-pack. Thanks for your help!
Gainesville Georgia, come on down let’s have some beer!
This video is for all those guys and gals out there who never seen a live diy car repair video, thumbs up to this guy!
Two and a half years on and YOUR video is still helping people! Used your technique earlier and it worked like a charm. Much much thanks going your way.
Straight to the point, showed in real time, and worked like a charm! Thanks!
OMG. I just tried this technique as I was trying to replace the windshield wiper motor on my wife's 2000 Ford Focus. I am no handyman, but this worked! Nolatone, you rock my man. Thanks so much for saving me time and money going hunting for a pulling tool.
Great advice, worked for me too. I was also going through hell. I used a thick cloth to protect the windshield and wooden a shim to provide leverage and after a few taps it was off. I LOVE YOU :-)
Peter Hladky Excellent! Glad it helped you. And you are a great example of a person who uses common sense rather than doing something stupid then blaming me because it didn’t go well! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Thank You sir! You saved me from having to take a day off from work, since we have rain coming today and I had to remove/ replace the wiper arm. I was so frustrated. You made my day.
its got a nice beat and I can dance to it.
Alright so I'm super ignorant when it comes to cars and have been struggling trying to replace my wiper transmission. Both were super hard to get off. Finally a technique that works without buying a "use once" kinda tool! Thank you so so much!
Kudos for 1) figuring it out and b) taking the time to share. This had me stuck for an embarrassingly long time!
Thank you SO MUCH for this video!! I bought 3 different tools and none of them worked. I almost gave up trying. I wish I had found your video first. This technique worked great!
All praise, honor, and glory be unto your name.
blasphemous
And yet, God(TM) never says so, only religious people. :)
I'll second that "Jeff Will"
Ditto
The almighty 🙏
You are a true life saver...My wiper arm puller would not fit down around the arm and i didn't know what to do. I was at my wits end. Your video and your brilliant technique worked great !!!!!
Loving the comments on this video (disclaimer- I haven’t read them all, only the good ones) and I can’t think of a superlative that hasn’t been said! Having bought the same tool and finding the same problem, I was moments from torching my van and claiming the insurance...
It worked - THANKS! I had tried 3 different ways to get mine to release that were absolutely stuck and would not budge. This method worked in less than 30 seconds per side, although for my vehicle (Nissan Xterra), open-end wrenches were too think so I instead used a 1" wide chisel. I also instead used a smaller, lighter tack hammer that did the job very sufficiently. Thanks again, nolatone!
I can't get the "My Sharona" song out of my head after you finished hammering.
Lol true
5 years old, still relevant... Worked on my 2015 Honda Odyssey. Thank you so much sir, the battery terminal puller only marred the outside of the arm because it slipped.
Thank you sir, worked on my rear wiper arm too! Putting the nut before hammering is a wise piece of advice. The surface where the lever force is applied was glass in my case, so make sure you wrap the tools with soft cloth before applying any pressure to avoid scratches on glass and/or paint.
Looks like an exciting way to break a windshield. Nice touch with the claw hammer. A carpenter’s toolbox comes in handy working on cars.
Tried all over town to find a puller tool with no luck. Needed to replace the broken rear wiper arm on my daughter's 12 year old Acadia. Found this video, and it saved the day. My wrench was a little too thick to fit behind the arm, but I was able to drive it under the broken arm, which probably started the loosening process. Got all the way under the broken arm and finished with the process in the video. So appreciative of this kind of help.
Thanks for this solution! Had tried three of the specialty tools and none fit on our '07 Saturn Outlook. Like you, I had wasted hours on this. Your technique had the arms off in 10 minutes. Really, really, really appreciate you taking the time to upload this!
Tried to remove this with my dad yesterday and we were both stumped. Brilliant video thank you very much. We shall try this today. Best wishes from Ireland 🇮🇪
Being that your Irish would it be wrong to assume that you and your old man were drinking during your windshield wiper replacement
Awesome. I tried using my brake flaring tool to break mine loose. This worked perfect. I needed two wrenches, then used a half inch extension to make sure I didn't hit the hood with the hammer. Couple hits and it broke loose.
Thanks for the tip!
5 yrs later, still helping people. Thanks!
Great tutorial and method. I tried others including buying the removal tools which did not work and even broke several. This method worked on my 20 year old Volvo a treat. Take your time and not to hard when hitting and it eventually comes free. Thumbs up nolatone !
Thanks, I just walked in from the garage looking for a solution, and there you are.
Thank you so much! Tried it on my rear wiper which was really stuck, it took at least 20 minutes and I thought it was never going to come off but it did!
You saved me. Been working to pull off the passenger arm of a vw jetta for about 4 hours. no amount of pulling, twisting, lubricant, or car specific videos was working. I was just about to go buy that same tool. Two hits and it popped right off. Thank you so much for posting this.
Absolutely brilliant. Had a big problem trying to remove wiper arm on my Ford 2005 Connect van. Was going to take it to the garage when I thought just maybe someone on CZcams might have the answer and low and behold a knight in shining armour. Thanks for this tip it worked a treat.
Thank you for posting this!! This video came up in a Google search when I was looking for a wiper arm puller. Saved me time and money! Genius!
By far the easiest and greatest removal I've seen on here. Well done sir and thank you
4 years on - but hey I'm glad I found this. Used a hard rubber mallett rather than a hammer but still works - greta - thanks.
You sir are a star. Standing here cursing in the snow for 20 min. Looked at your video and removed wiper in 30sec.
Well done sir, you made my day end a lot smoother than most of it was going!
Helping people years later. You legend. Thanks 🙌
Thanks- very timely advice in my effort to remove the arms. Previous video had obviously had them off beforehand. Very misleading! Yours was a great help!!
Just did that today... three taps with hammer on one and 4 for the other side. You tube needs to purge all other vids on this matter ... This is solid 👍. Thanks !
Mine came off just by lifting with a wrench. No tapping, hitting, popping. Just put the wrench under it, and bend upwards. Pretty sure the arms weren't removed in 12 years.
This was extremely helpful. I coupled this method with some WD-40 and it worked like a charm! Thank you so much for posting this.
Am a licensed tech for 15 years and I didn’t even know this...fantastic idea worked right away thanks!
Watched several other videos without success. Yours easily did the job!! Thank you!
I watched your video and didn't think it would work or was a good idea. The wiper arm tool fit my wiper arm but really wasn't beefy enough to dislodge the wiper arm. Finally in desperation I tried your method. It dislodged the arm enough that I could back arm off rest of way with tool. Thanks for sharing your wisdom!
People like you save the planet and many wasted hours! Thank you!
This video is still helping people out. Just got mine off thanks to this simple idea. Bravo!
Brilliant! Tried a few ways found on other videos, none of them worked.
This method worked like a charm, Cheers!
Genuinely thought something bad was gonna happen but well done. You did a great job with that. Even more so because it was a live attempt. 🤙
2004 GMC Savana. Worked like a charm. Thank you sir.
Thanks, this worked like a charm! My 10 year old trailblazer arm were frozen solid a shot of liquid wrench and tap with a copper hammer and they came right off. There was no damage to nut or threads, thanks for some thing worth watching, and help, and not 20 minutes Of hands flying and repeats. Thumbs up.
Thanks man! Saved me a long trip to town to buy That tool. Worked like a charm.
You have saved my life, I just bought that tool too and it's a load of crap
I'm going to go try this as soon as I get home... Thanks for taking the time to show us this
Worked like a charm!!! Only took me 5 taps! Awesome video. Thank you for posting!!!
Some heroes don’t wear capes. Thank you - your tip worked like a charm!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Worked like a charm!!! Saved me 13$ too.
Thank you kindly good sir
Let me just say that, as a technical writer for almost 40 years, your presentation absolutely nailed it!!! My 2003 Ford Escape wiper arms felt as if they were welded in place. But with more than a few well-placed whacks from what we in the Navy called a BFH (big _______ hammer), those things popped right off. AND it allowed me to return the totally useless tool I purchased. Great job, Nolatone!!!
Thanks!
Was standing in the junkyard today, on Independence Day, and a woman comes up and asked me, do you know how to get a wiper arm off this car? 2002 Buick LeSabre, and after removing just the bolt, obviously jammed on tight. Use a crescent wrench to get under the plastic underneath, used a three-quarter inch open end for leverage, followed your lead and put the nut back on and commence to beating on it with a hammer. Popped loose. she was thankful, but I thought I’d pass along my thanks for teaching me something I didn’t know when I got up this morning. Many thanks!
Excellent! Happy Independence Day!
@@nolatone Back atcha boss!
Worked like a charm and this was on a 1996 ford that had never been off. THANKS BROTHER!!
I feel reborn basking in your ingenuity!
Thank you! I needed to remove the cowl on my E36 BMW to access a coolant flange on the back of the head of the engine. This worked a treat!
Just done this myself, 5 stars, no bull, worked as shown.
Cracking video, ta.
Thanks very much.Just working on that now.Half an hour of horribleness.Now I see light
Perfect, thanks! Got me out of a hole when removing the wipers was the only way to swap out a dead battery - miles from the nearest shop
Brilliant tip! Had some really stubborn wiper arm nuts. This method worked perfectly 😊😊
Thank you so much for this. I used the "German finesse" (i.e. smacking the nut with a hammer) to get the seized wiper arms off my 2012 Tucson. Its arms are underneath the hood, so it was a real pain to try to get any kind of terminal pull on, so this worked a treat. Thanks for the tip!
Brilliant! Thanks for taking the time to post this.
Thank you for this. Got me out of a hole. Really appreciate you taking the time to make this video. Barry (Ireland)
Thanks. Exactly what I wanted to find after watching the guy with the fancy ass puller make short work of his wiper arm.
Had to remix it a little(just used a different pry tool) but worked like a champ. You saved the day. Many thanks...🙌🏾
I've done this same thing before years back, but I couldn't extract it from my foggy brain how TF I got that arm off and didn't want to mess up my dudes car. Thanks for the great video, you've definitely helped thousands!
This is cool man . I can finally take out my wiper arm the method you are showing very helpful .
Worked perfectly for a rear wiper as well. £10 saved. Thanks.
Thanks for the idea man. I couldn't find anything online either. Worked like a charm
Thank you!!!! This helps so much. The last person to work on my wiper arm installed it wrong and it seized too low so they kept tangling.
Thanks! worked like a charm on my 16 years old car, where the arms were well seized. Didn't have any special tools and don't want to..
Hot damn. A 3 year old video helped me out. This worked like a charm on my 2016 gmc canyon.
Thank you for your help all the way from Australia. Now to get the motor out. Still learning 😁💜
Did the job on my stubborn wiper arm. Thanks for sharing
Man this worked like a charm!!
Much love!!
That is brilliantly simple, or simply brilliant...I can't decide. Thanks!!
Worked like a charm on my 2005 Volvo XC70. Thanks!
Was struggling with this for hours. This worked. Thank you sir.
Thankyou. Did this today in England ! Put a put of wood under the spanner as there was glass under there, worked a treat
Legend!!! Worked on a 2012 Mini Clubman.
You sir are a true hero. Thank you for this tutorial.
Thanks, man! It was stuck on pretty good after twenty years. Managed to get it off with this technique.
Thank you, I had given up and was gonna take it to the garage tomorrow. You saved me a few quid in labour. Cheers 🍺
Cant wait to try this in the morning, i’ll keep you updated!
Enormous help, this video! Thank you !
Thanks alot! my wiper arm was seized on tight. I did exactly as you said and it worked when nothing else did. best youtube video for seized wiper arms!
Excellent. Glad it helped. Wish I'd found this video when I was shade tree engineering this solution!
This information saved the day. Thanks for posting this.
Thank you sir! Couldn’t find the tool they was out, ur idea was faster to do!
Thanks for the informative video! I have used the hammer trick on a lawn mower flywheel! But thanks again and I'm glad that I watched your video! I was totally not going to screw the nut back on! I was just going to hit the stud! I could've been in a world of do-do doing that! So thanks again! I'll inform you how it turned out! Super Dave
Update!!! Thanks again took like two good whacks on each 1 and their off! I am just being anal, all I'm doing is painting them! LMAO!!!
Got it ! Now I need a new windshield.