I'm using two flat blade screwdrivers right now. There's got to be a better way? What do others do to pull the wiper arms off when not needed? Some secret method to do this?
Thanks for any help
Doug M
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I just lift them up off the windshield until they stop (as if you were wiping the windshield with windex), then I wiggle them a bit while pulling up until they come off the splined base. It takes about 2 seconds per side.
When the arm is at rest on the windshield, there is a little 'extension' underneath it that locks under the base.
Yours may be seized from being on there for a long time, so a rust penetrant may help. Good luck!
Michael
When the arm is at rest on the windshield, there is a little 'extension' underneath it that locks under the base.
Yours may be seized from being on there for a long time, so a rust penetrant may help. Good luck!
Michael
Thanks Michael, but there is now way they are siezed. Just put them on yesterday and I have had them on and off about 5 times in the last couple of years. When I lift the blades off the glass there is so much pressure from the spring, there is no way I can just wiggle them off. I'm prying them off with screwdrivers and when my luck runs out i'm going to damage the splines 
Several different companies make tools just for removing wiper arms. Here is a link to some on Ebay.
http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R4...t=See-All-Categories
Your local auto parts store will probably have one as well.
http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R4...t=See-All-Categories
Your local auto parts store will probably have one as well.