Windscreen wiper blade replacement

[Rubce]

Evening All

This will sound a stupid question but how the heck do I remove the drivers side wiper blade?

The ROM and Haynes Manual are pretty vagueand refer to pulling out the bottom end of the pantograph arm free of the ball socket. Well on my car the panto arm is held onto the bottom joint by a pivot pin? Do I have to remove the pin with a punch? Seems bloody odd considering how easy the passenger side is.

Sorry to ask such simple questions.:?

Ta

Bruce (car booked in forits MOT tomorrow!):shock:

[mad cyclist]

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Rubce wrote:

Evening All

This will sound a stupid question but how the heck do I remove the drivers side wiper blade?

The ROM and Haynes Manual are pretty vagueand refer to pulling out the bottom end of the pantograph arm free of the ball socket. Well on my car the panto arm is held onto the bottom joint by a pivot pin? Do I have to remove the pin with a punch? Seems bloody odd considering how easy the passenger side is.

Sorry to ask such simple questions.:?

Ta

Bruce (car booked in forits MOT tomorrow!):shock:

Bruce why do you need to replace/remove the arm? could you not replace the blade rubber for the mot or am i missing something?

don't you just love the last minuite mot probs i had a washer pack up on the way to the mot:X

rgds nick

[Rubce]

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Hi Nick

I am trying to replace the blade holder, not the arm itself. I tried buying just the blades from Paddocks but they stated that could only sell me the blades and holders complete.

According to the manual I have to disengage the panto arm so as to rotate the retaining plate to allow the blade holder to pop out.

Puzzled

Bruce:shock:

[stustag]

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You can get the rubber blades from Tony Hart on E bay takes about 30 secs a side to replace!

Stuart

[mad cyclist]

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bruce

you can buy rubbers from halfords that will do the job today, then i would reccomend getting some of the blade and holders which are soctfl made from soc or mr hart.

fingers x'd for you

[mad cyclist]

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370055454010 ebay bruce thats one side but they are v good

rgds nick

[Gresley]

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Hi Bruce

I had to prise the wiper arm - carefully - off its spindle when I changed my wiper blade. Be sure to reposition it on the correct splines when you replace it, or it will park in the wrong position. With the arm off the spindle it is just a matter of turning the blage / arm so that the pin on the blade will disengage. Be careful as someone had previously slipped and scracthed the bulkhead on mine:X

Hope this helps.

Brian

[Rubce]

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Thanks guys for your help.

Regards

Bruce

[Coppo]

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Hi Bruce.

Hope I'm not late. There is a locking tab which holds the wiper blade in place. You just have to move it sideways to release the blade. It does not show up to well in the pic below.

Hope this is of help.

Paul.