question on wiper blades

[bpc293]

i am going to the junk yard tomorrow. is it hard taking those inserts out. should i take the whole wiper blade home or do it there will i need tools.
i have pulled motors but never messed with the spring steel in the wiper blades.

i no i dont need tools for the dipsticks.

[What]

the ones i have dealt with have 2 strips of steel and are very easy to remove.

good luck.

[bpc293]

thanks i didnt want to be in the yard looking like a fighting with wiper blades.

[pradselost]

Yeah, windshield wiper blades are extremely easy to remove. You might want to bring a pair of little pliers or such to snap off the plastic retainer piece and make it even a bit easier for yourself though.

[bpc293]

thanks for the tip i just never messed with them before. is there any diffrence between a oil dipstick and a tranny dipstick?

[p1ckf1sh]

hpc293, if you have been messing around with engines and such you will have absolutely no problems removing the blade inserts. As said, some pliers might be handy to initially peel off a piece of wiper silicon/rubber, then you will clearly see the two inserts and can remove them. No big deal.

Don't forget to butcher some locks from the vehicles...

[Shrub]

Tranny sticks may be thicker and wider but it of course varies on vehicle model and make.

Wiper inserts, pull the rubber off the blade holder, slip out the metal strips as said some long nose pliers or side cutters make it easier.

You will find 2 types, a wide one and narrow one, grab any you can find as you may like to make the odd pick out of the wider ones

[devildog]

Leatherman/Gerber--always have one on you. I always carry a little mini-Leatherman in my pocket, very useful, and I don't have to wear the belt clip as it's designed to be small enough to carry in a pocket.

[UWSDWF]

Leatherman/Gerber--always have one on you. I always carry a little mini-Leatherman in my pocket, very useful, and I don't have to wear the belt clip as it's designed to be small enough to carry in a pocket.

semi-off topic but
i'm a bigfan of the gerber, i prefer it over the leatherman cause you can open/engage the pliers one handed...

[raimundo]

Mines a schrade its the best

[devildog]

dam$it raimundo, that's the one brand I was trying to think of that I forgot to add to my poll on multitools I just put up--schrade. My dad's got one, I knew it started with an 's' and reminded me of 'schlage' but I just couldn't think of it, sorry 'bout that.

[bpc293]

i didnt make it to the yard today but i'll get there. i have a multi tool in my tool bucket i never got in the habit of keeping it on me. i didnt even think of it. thanks

[jgencinc]

I found the easiest tool is just a pair of diagonal cutters. Don't bother trying to undo the retainer. The piece under the retainer is notched, so it's not really a useable piece anyway. Snip the insert just below the retainer, use the diagonals to slip the insert out. Should take you less than 30 seconds to remove both inserts from a blade.

[Isakill]

thanks for the tip i just never messed with them before. is there any diffrence between a oil dipstick and a tranny dipstick?

The metal is the same, like shrub said it depends on the make and model.

As for actually using them I'd say they are too flimsy to use but if you were to try what I would suggest is using the oil one because most of the time the tranny stick is much thinner and not as strong.

[Mr. Lock Pick]

if i were you i would just take the whole wiper blade home, use pliers to pull out the inserts.

good luck.