Posted 23 July 2011 - 11:42 PM
Ethel, on the earlier cars there was sometimes a spring clip inside the mounting socket of the wiper arm. Was that discontinued in later cars like this 1992? Where that spring clip is present it is very easy to remove the arm by folding the arm up to be perpendicular to the glass, locating the clip, and depressing the clip with a flat blade screwdriver.
Regardless of whether the spring clip is on the later cars, there is another minor step I would suggest. Before starting, turn the ignition key to the run position and run the wipers just long enough for about 1/2 of an "up stroke" so they are moving away from the rest position but before they reach the reversal. Take each arm and gently push it back downwards towards the rest position. This will make sure all the slack is out of the drive mechanism. Now mark the position of each wiper arm on the glass using tape. When you put the new arms on, push them downward towards the rest position. Make sure the position the arms stop at is where your tape marks are. If not, remove the arm and move over one or two spline teeth, then repeat. This will put the new arms in the same position as the old ones without fiddling about making multiple adjustments.
Of course... if your old wiper arms were on in the wrong location... the method above only perpetuates that.
