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How to Change the Windshield Wiper Blades On Your Car

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By Lee Moore
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Change Windshield Wiper Blades
Change Windshield Wiper Blades

How to change the windshield wiper blades on your car.

Difficulty: Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • none
  • or a nail or small screwdriver depending on the design of your wiper blade.
  1. Step 1

    Set the new blades next to the old ones and determine the mounting method and orientation before removing the old blades.

  2. Step 2

    The common style blade uses a U-shaped clip that you compress to remove the blade. Find the little button inside the U and push it toward the other end of the clip.

  3. Step 3

    Another style attaches a small, grooved shaft gripped by a spring clip. This style has a hole marked "push." You insert a thin object, like a nail, into the hole to release the clip and slide off the blade. The new blade clicks over the shaft.

  4. Step 4

    With the U-clip compressed, slide the wiper blade toward the base of the arm, which will cause the arm's U-shaped end to pull free of the clip. (Doing this will likely push the rubber blade out a bit.)

  5. Step 5

    Shift the arm end so that it clears the clip an passes out a hole above it, freeing the blade.

  6. Step 6

    To put the new one on, reverse the directions just given.

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