my wiper's paint is peeling off and now they are metal color. i wanted to take them off. i took the black plastic cap off, then i took the nut off. i yank on the wiper really hard but it doesn't seem to want to come off. i am afraid that i will break something. is there a trick i am missing?

 

Isnt there like a c-clip or something?

Since I can't reach them I can't remember.
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They're probably siezed on...I went to paint mine and the same thing happened. They sell a tool that looks like a tiny pitman arm puller that's intended for removing wiper arms, I bought it but haven't had the chance to use it yet. It was pretty cheap IIRC, I got it at thetoolwarehouse.net.

 

they should just be splined on there. sometimes they get just a tad rusty. A screwdriver should be able to pop them off. maybe a little liquid wrench.

 

I used a screwdriver and then got OEM replacements at the dealership. My 8 year old wipers looked like ****.

 

doesn't autozone have the removal tool on the free tool rental program thing? i gotta do the same thing soon, thought about avoiding the hassle and just layin some paper underneath it for the rattle can touch up...

 

lol we can swap engines, tune complex systems yet we cant change a wiper blade!

 

lmmfao. Thats priceless.

 

LOL...that's funny. The big concern would be that the splined section of the wiper trans is so siezed (rusted) to the wiper arm that when you pry it off, it snaps and you end up having to replace the entire wiper trans and are stuck without two functioning wipers until the special order part (which I'm sure is not cheap) arrives. I've seen techs do this on other makes of vehicles. The little puller is less than $15 btw

 

which removal tool is it? I can't find it on autozone's website.