FleetAdmiralJ

Yes, i know you are annoyed because of me by now but here it is... I have the wiper arm in my hand. I was able to unscrew the nut easily with my hand (if that means anything). Also, when I freely moved the wiper across the windshield with my hand, the nut moved along with the wiper (again if that means anything). The center part did not move when i moved the wiper. I didn't try running the wipers to see how much that piece moved, however. Now, I am trying to tell if this thing is worn or not. on the wide part where it connects, its very smooth, so it doesn't look like this really part was supposed to be rough in the first place. where it is narrower, I can barely make out some grooves, and I'm gussing this is where the problem is. I'm not sure how big these grooves are supposed to be, but they sure dont look that big. If these are almost completely worn down...I am guessing that means I need to buy a new arm, correct?

Ok, i found some nut i have to unscrew to get the thing off, so I think i can take that part from there. thanks! may be back if i have more questions though haha.

Ok. I guess my main problem is still trying to get my wiper arm off. Where the arm attaches to to the car, it looks like there is a button like thing I can indent, but it doesn't seem to do anything, pulling gently doesn't seem to make it budge, and i dont see any tabs or anything else to get it off. I dont want to break it off or anything, so.....how do you get the darn thing off? lol Or do i have to like, unscrew it or something? Thanks for all of your suggestions!

sorry, i meant wiper arm not blade lol

thanks. I also had the brilliant idea of actually looking in the car manual to see if it says how to do it lol. Hopefully I only need to spend like $20 on a blade instead of like $75 on the motor + labor and the hassle.

Umm...ok, as you may have already noticed, I'm not that great at cars? How would I get the wiper arm off? Just yank it off or is there some special thing I have to do to get them off. Sorry for being car-stupid lol.

Oh yeah, my car is a 1998 Subaru Forester if you needed that information.

Hi. The other day I was trying to use my windshield wipers to clear snow, etc off my windshield, and well, apparently my driver's side wiper blade was frozen to the windshield. The Result: Passenger sice wiper ran, drivers side didn't. Ever since then my driver's side wiper wont run (it kinda rises an inch or two, then drops again, while the passenger side runs fine), and if you grab it from the outside, you can pretty much move it anywhere across the windshield you want (instead of it being locked.) So my question is first, does this mean I have to replace the wiper motor, or is there an easier way to fix this (or is it even more complex than just fixing the motor), and is it something I could do myself, or something that I better let the Subaru dealer fix? Thanks.