Can't get the bugger off. Wiper arm is off. There is another 17mm bolt below that on the main drive shaft. It spins freely on the shaft as I turn it; does not come loose. Shaft is not turning as I turn this 17mm nut. Is this pressed on or something? Gear puller?

 

Trying to get his last part of the parts car before the junkyard takes it away! Dropping it on the floor from the jack stands with the hi-lift jack was.... interesting :-p

Morgan-

The FSM on the 90 loyale wagon says (and I quote):

1) Remove cap, special nut and cushion.

2) With rear gate trim detached, disconnect electric connector.

3) Remove attaching screws and take out wiper motor.

 

I'm assuming that the stuck nut is on the exterior of the gate. Have you tried leaving it there and proceeding with step 3 to see if the motor just slides out past the stuck nut? Otherwise, I wonder if there's a circlip retainer or something to deal with.

Hope this helps a little.

Bill

once you get the 17mm nut off it will com out. you may have tp oush down on themotor as you turn the nut, it may have abad thread not leyying it come off.

 

the motor itself it s tight fit, you have to turn it at hte right angle to get it out of the hatch.

So I push on the shaft as I turn the 17mm nut. That's a tall order There is some stupid metal guard that comes up and around th 17mm nut so a box end wrench wont fit in. I could sneak in the tips of my big vice grips and I pulled really hard as I turned it.

 

Maybe if I pulled on the motor from behnid as I turn it? Spose I'll give it another go before the flat bed shows up to haul it off.

yeah try pulling on it for the same effect. i used a deep socket have you tried that? sounds likethe treads are gone. what if you can pop a screwdriver under the nut as you turn it?

Yeah had a deep socket on it at first. Then tried the wrench but that guard is in teh way, Then got the vice grips on it. Can't really get a screw driver under it due to that silly guard thats below teh 17mm nut; kinda comes up and lips around the edge of the nut

 

Might just apply the BFH to it if I cant get it out as you describe.

Got'er'dun

 

Big vice grips on 17mm nut, needle nose vice grips on threaded cylinder that's behind 17mm nut, and worked off the 17mm nut. The threaded cylinder the 17mm nut is on encompasses the main drive shaft. This threaded cylinder ended up twisting apart becuase the 17mm nut was rust-welded to it so badly. I think it's still salvage able however as that's the only part that broke

 

Thanks for the tip Miles; it really helped getting behind the nut and pushing toward me to bust it out. Had it not been so rusted it would have just unscrewed!