Thank you! Five minutes of work and saved about $75 for another arm. I won't be pushing piled up snow anymore with the arm.

Yep. My blade was frozen. I was on my way to the garage, but u saved my day. Big thanks.

@RichpinTv

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

@terrymckenzie8786

Жыл бұрын

@@RichpinTv it must feel good knowing you helped thousands of people over the years.

Thanks for the video. When my wipers quit moving my mind was filled how to take it a part and how much it would cost me. I took the arms off and the smooth splines looked ruined. Your video saved the day and money. I cleaned the up and so far so good.

I didn't know Peter Griffin had a car repair channel

@KenTheAdventurer

5 жыл бұрын

Make him laugh

@sirhanreid5896

4 жыл бұрын

My first thought as well😄

@MStone291

4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@blackout_lawz5344

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha

@jeremiahsavage

3 жыл бұрын

Get this guy 200 chicken fajinas

You saved from going down a rabbit hole. A sincere thank you.

@RichpinTv

Жыл бұрын

Glad to help

You're a big help, Rich. Your solution worked perfectly.

This addresses the exact problem on my van. Thanks!

This helped alot, mine were completey filled with dirt and metal, they work for now, but I have to order new wiper arms too. Thanks for this video, saved me a lot of money.

@RichpinTv

Жыл бұрын

Glad I could help

Thanks, my wiper arm just failed on me during a downpour. Drivers side to boot! Gonna use this info to fix it once the rain lets up, THANKYOU!

It worked. It took 5 minutes. I used a sharp kitchen knife. Thank you.$$$

@veganmikedizzle4303

5 жыл бұрын

Same....5 minutes

👍 Dude, thank you for taking your time in sharing your experiences. This info has helped. One wiper blade has stopped operating from my car and followed your advice, it worked very well. One Note: I found the wiper-blade's nut loosed when removing the cover. I still cleared the ridges and reset. Did it on both just to get it over with. All Good now!

I have one that stripped out. Plus it’s starting to sprinkle today. Thanks for the easy fix. 👍

@RichpinTv

2 жыл бұрын

Your welcome.

Thank you soo much I can’t imagine what I would have been charged to get this fixed!

@RichpinTv

Жыл бұрын

glad i could help.

Thank you! I'll give that a try tomorrow. 👍

Thanks for taking the time to explain this!!

@RichpinTv

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

Literally a lifesaver, thank you

@RichpinTv

6 ай бұрын

Glad it helped!

Great video.it saved the day on my 2004 Nissan Xterra. It also saved me 90 bucks .i would have replaced it

Nailed it! Thanks Rich.

@RichpinTv

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

Thanks for sharing

I've just replaced the linkage on my car and now the sweep on the driver wiper is a bit too long, my wiper hits the a piller and the lower seal. The linkage is straight so I think the aftermarket part is a bit long and I don't think the sweep can be adjusted, can it?

Also if you don't want to buy new arms and you even this fix doesn't provide perfect grip - very soft wire. If you have very soft wire lying around, you can use it to make it fit better.

Thanks for the great video I just finished my 2014 nissan pathfinder had the same issue

@RichpinTv

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped

Thank you!

Thank you!!!!!!!

Somebody lifted mine up and I can not unlock it. Scared to berrak something. How do I unlock it and bring it to normal position? Thanks

Great valuable advice 🤘🇬🇧

Excellent channel 👍🏻

What if both wiper an the teeth on the bolt are stripped? Is there a way to save this or have to buy a whole new motor?

I'm supprised that the splines will drive the aluminium, i would of expected you to need to wrap the splines with 1 to 2 turns of ptfe tape or tin foil to take up the room.

@Stevon987

Жыл бұрын

How long did that last ? If you don’t mind me asking

Thanks, good idea! helped for now..

USE A WIRE BRUSH

Do I need to replace the arm if the threads are stripped out ?

Hi. When reinstalling the new wiper arm do you drive it down on to the spline or just tighten the bolt?

@RichpinTv

Жыл бұрын

I just tighten the nut.

I wonder why car manufacturers haven‘nt figured out a better design for this. Like maybe use a stronger material instead of aluminum so they wont strip as easily. I have had two older cars and both of them have (partially) stripped wiper arms. Definetely a common thing in colder climates and people don‘t know these arms work so they use them as snow plows in the winter and strip them out. But the biggest problem was for both of my cars i could‘nt buy these arms new anymore otherwise it would be no biggie.

@murraystewartj

Жыл бұрын

I have this problem right now (passenger side luckily). As to why they use aluminum instead of steel on the wiper arm I'd guess it's to provide a known failure point (kinda like a fuse in an electrical circuit). Far better to strip out the arm than to screw up the underlying mechanism or drive motor and have to replace and adjust all that. Been there and it is not fun at all.

Worked for me than you so much!!

Could I put loctite on the grooves?

I started my Saturn up one winter morning this year and the driver side wiper just fell onto the ground. Thing evidently rusted through. Had to get one from a u-pull.

What is that part called

Chevy Ventures have that problem a lot. Good tip.

Thanks for the info!

No amount of scraping out excess metal could fix my problem so I just ran my drill through the arm and post screwed in a black sheet metal screw works fine now. Easier and cheaper than replacing the wiper transmission. Good idea though just wouldn’t work for me.

@michaellohre1470

4 жыл бұрын

good fix

@ecastillo9804

4 жыл бұрын

An easier fix someone just mentioned earlier was using PTFE tape any kind will do, and just tightening the screw, i just did it for my blazer who's outer arm was stripped smooth

What size nut? Hello?!?

I have to do this by -40...

@mattfranks4086

Жыл бұрын

3 years later but I'm in the same boat. Wiper fluid is frozen, blade went flying off on the highway this morning heading home from work, stopped and bought new blades, when I pulled the wiper arm up to put the new blade on stripped the arm on the drive. Now once my fingers thaw I gotta go out and attempt this. I really miss having a garage.

Hey Richpin do you have any replacement arms for the driver's side? I will pay you if you get this message.

Does this mean that after you clean the splines, that you must buy a new wiper arm? Or is it OK to reuse the old arm and it will grip?

@RichpinTv

2 жыл бұрын

After the first time it usually works but if the arm gets striped multiple time then the arm will eventually have to be replaced.

@kirkgroeneveld3191

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I successfully removed my arm this morning and scratched out the splines. I remounted it and tightened it down. It appears to have worked. Thank you!

Thank you...

@RichpinTv

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

Thanks you bro help me in 2020

My problem is the arms under the hood. Keeps detaching so they don't move.

This is exactly what I am dealing with today. Thanks. It seems that the lost aluminum material would need to be replaced??? Inside the hole of the wiper arm; the metal has been worn smooth by the spindle. Could one add a metal resin, or coat it with a thin layer of something like JB Weld???

@michaellohre1470

4 жыл бұрын

yes or add some wire to the wiper oriface, three pieces will add grip, or jb weld

@kyriakos7179

2 жыл бұрын

Faced the same problem,wiper arm splines worn out slick smooth.JB weld lasted a year. Here I am now repairing the process

Dissimilar metals in a water environment, no wonder they fail. I see the weaker metal, the aluminum, is designed to fail first, so the repair is easier than if the male end stripped out.

Does anyone know if arm labeled left hand goes on passenger side or driver side?

@nightmare-nightmarenightma1147

3 жыл бұрын

The longer arm goes on the driver side in most cars

Thank u

@RichpinTv

2 жыл бұрын

Your welcome.

This guy has a Boston accent 😂

I bought me a use truck but just one wiper work.

What if the bolt above that is stripped??? Not the arm, but the bolt itself?

@galactic904

4 жыл бұрын

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@michaellohre1470

4 жыл бұрын

do what mike blake did above

Wait is this everyone loves Raymond speaking?

Windshield keep hitting

awesome

Wire brush is way faster....🤘

I drove my car to an auto store to address the issue, which cost me 110 dollars, F* I should have seen ur video first!

took a little over 3 minutes to do absolutely zip. If it's stripped, cleaning the splines out doesn't do anything but waste time going nowhere. don't watch the whole thing folks, find another video channel and hope they are at least 2% smarter.

@terrymckenzie8786

Жыл бұрын

Then why are there thousands of people here saying it did work. And it worked for me. Your an incompetent loser.

Tedious!!!

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