Wiper Arm Removal

[1987 GMC Jimmy]

Could someone explain to me in technicolor how to remove the wiper arms? I try to push on that tab, but to no avail....

 

[Georgeb]

Could someone explain to me in technicolor how to remove the wiper arms? I try to push on that tab, but to no avail....

If you mean take the arms off the studs I believe they just pull off. I use a towel to protect the paint and use a spring bar or pry bar to pop them off....

 

[89Suburban]

The spring in the arm makes it tough. Pry up on the edge of the socket opposite of the the arm. Some arms even have a little spring loaded safety catch under there to keep it from sliding up past the shoulder recess of the stub shaft.

 

[1987 GMC Jimmy]

I tried to pull some off a junk cab today, but they were crappy looking, and I forgot my syringe to test the washer nozzles. I was trying to get some because the nozzles on mine are clogged. Have any of you had this problem?

 

[Georgeb]

I tried to pull some off a junk cab today, but they were crappy looking, and I forgot my syringe to test the washer nozzles. I was trying to get some because the nozzles on mine are clogged. Have any of you had this problem?

Yeah, mine were clogged on my 87. I blew them out backwards with compressed air and then washed them out inside with the tubes off. I took all the washer tubing and the nozzles off the arms and worked on the bench then put it all back on.