I'm wanting to fold down my windshield just for fun on a wheeling trip. But it looks like I need to remove the windshield wipers (the entire arm). How do I do that?
Folding down the windshield—how do I remove the wipers?
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There is a little clip at the base of the arm, that locks in the grooved rotator. You can get a flat tip in there and pull it away then it just slides up and off. If its like mine was, it will take a bit of coaxing.
Just to be sure - the locking clip thingy doesn't get removed, so don't go full retard on it and break it off. It just slides out 1/8th inch or so and allows the wiper arm assembly to left (or get pried gently if corroded..) off
I think you have to bend the wiper arm away from the windshield like if you were washing the windshield before the small clip will move.
The wipers sit on a splined shaft - if they've been on forever they might give you a time.
Remove the nut, give the wiper arm area surrounding the splined shaft some little love taps with a small hammer, then put the wiper back onto the windshield & use your hand to press down over & over in the middle of the wiper arm like you're giving CPR to a baby. That'll hopefully loosen it up so the arm pops off.
Remove the nut, give the wiper arm area surrounding the splined shaft some little love taps with a small hammer, then put the wiper back onto the windshield & use your hand to press down over & over in the middle of the wiper arm like you're giving CPR to a baby. That'll hopefully loosen it up so the arm pops off.
I've never folded the windshield on my jeeps. It would likely enhance the wheeling experience, but seems like a bad idea, IMHO. I'm assuming my windshields have never been folded down.
Get a band aid ready, make sure no little kids are nearby unless they know all the swear words.
Be prepared to find the bottom part of window frame is rusty if your Jeep is 2003-2006. No matter where you live.
Be prepared to find the bottom part of window frame is rusty if your Jeep is 2003-2006. No matter where you live.
It’s not really very difficult. Lift up on the wiper pull out on the tab where the arm slides onto the splines. Slide the arm off. I fold mine down several times a year. It’s not a big deal at all.
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The 97 to 02 doesn't have the rusty windshield frame problem. That is why I said 2003 -2006.
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