Another alternative, although I have never had to do this on a Vanagon, is using a battery terminal puller or gear puller. I haven't gone out to my van to see if it would work, but I bet it would. Cheers, Bruce motorbruce >From: Markus Mumper <mumper@USA.NET> >Reply-To: Markus Mumper <mumper@USA.NET> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Re: Wiper Arms >Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 17:07:06 -0700 > >A good yank - I just removed and replaced mine on my '87, took a little >leaverage to pry them off. > >Markus > >pete owsianowski <pnocean@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote: > > > Hope this isn't too trivial: > > > > I can't seem to budge the wiper arms on my '87 Westy. I would like to > > remove them to clean up and repaint. I've removed the small nut at hub >of > > the wiper arm per Bentley, but it seems solidly in place. Does the 2nd > > larger nut have to come off, also? Don't want to damage anything, but >do > > they need a good yank? They are working fine. > > > > Thanks for any info > > > > Pete > > '87 Westy > > 'Joe's Van" > > |
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