Wiper arm removal to access Soundaktor

[king monkey]

Hi everyone,

Advice needed. I’m trying to access the soundaktor to insulate but can’t reach it. If I take the wipers off I’ll get better access. I’ve undone the 13mm nut but the wiper arm won’t budge!

All ideas welcome!!

Thanks in advance.

[clubsport]

The wiper arm sits on a tapered spline. You should be able to pull and wriggle it upwards, if really stuck (corroded) it may require a puller?

 

[st33ly]

Amazon prime wiper arm puller bud. Use a cloth between the puller and the arm that way you won’t damage the arm. They are £8 I think.

[Al1040]

+1 They are generally a little corroded (dissimilar metals and all that) gently does with with lots of wiggling

[Phil245]

It is just about possible to both disconnect and remove the stupid soundaktor thing without taking the wipers off, although that may very well make it easier.....

I managed to wedge something between the scuttle and the bulkhead and get my hand in whilst an assistant shone a torch in.

I thought about donating the soundaktor to the local kindergarten in case there were any two year olds wanting it for their toy car, but instead I put it in the dustbin for landfill. In 200 years someone will dig it up and wonder what the stupid piece of sh*t is for.......

[baka]

You could code it out if you want to shut it up? I just turned it to 0% with OBDEleven.

[king monkey]

Thanks for the replies. Wiper arms won’t budge still. Apparently Vw use one of those tools to get them off.

I’ve had a really frustrating day. Can’t fix the rattle, can’t get the new footrest to fit and the Amazon delivery driver thought it was a good idea to put my parcel on my car bonnet. Oh well, tomorrow’s another day!

[Vwjap]

I had this problem on a focus a few days ago, found out it’s the spring pushing the wiper into the windscreen help it tight, worked out if you push the wiper arm towards the screen a few times it broke the seal and released the arm, dunno if it’s the same for the golf

[king monkey]

I had this problem on a focus a few days ago, found out it’s the spring pushing the wiper into the windscreen help it tight, worked out if you push the wiper arm towards the screen a few times it broke the seal and released the arm, dunno if it’s the same for the golf

Thanks. I’ll give it a go!

[Finglonga]

I have had my screen replaced twice and both times they needed a puller to get the wiper arms off. As saud just code it out or unplug the dreadful thing, it is easy to unplug without removing wipers.