Wiper blades... How the hello kitty do you take them off...

[Zlatty]

I got my new Bosch blades in today.

First off, massive :blink::blink::blink: at Amazon and how they ship such small items. I kid you not:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3250/2296335983_143b9944ac.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zlatko/2296335983/)

Anyway, I got the blades, as you guys suggested:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3138/2296336299_ca169b5573.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zlatko/2296336299/)

I wanted to take a break from work (I'm hacking from home today) so I went down and tried to put them on. I RTFM before stepping down.

The manual says:
1. Switch off the engine
2. Fold the wiper arm completely out from the windshield
3. Position the wiper blade at an angle and pull the release spring
4. Fold the wiper blade down and unhook it toward the windshield
5. Pull the wiper blade past the wiper arm toward the top
6. Insert a new wiper blade and apply pressure until you hear it engage.

Now in step 3. The little thing that is connected to the release spring snapped off ... little piece of plastic. How the heck do I remove my old blade then? I'm such a n00b ... I don't even remembering putting blades on my Buick ... :(

PS: Anyone know of a good maid service in atlanta?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3290/2297132106_b4258219b2.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zlatko/2297132106/)

[Mitch]

You should be able to take the wiper at a 45 degree angle from the wiper arm, then slide it downwards first, then remove it. Its kinda hard to describe what you have to do, but once you do the first one, the second one is easy.

[Infidel]

amazon is great! ha ha, when you said hello kitty I thought of this:

http://www.riflegear.com/blogimages/KittyRifle.jpg

don't have a bmw, so mitch is the better one to describe. oh and I run those wipers and they rule. good luck.

[Zlatty]

You should be able to take the wiper at a 45 degree angle from the wiper arm, then slide it downwards first, then remove it. Its kinda hard to describe what you have to do, but once you do the first one, the second one is easy.

Will try this tomorrow. Its too bloody cold outside, and its a bad day to be washing all of your pants! :huh:

amazon is great! ha ha, when you said hello kitty I thought of this:

http://www.riflegear.com/blogimages/KittyRifle.jpg

don't have a bmw, so mitch is the better one to describe. oh and I run those wipers and they rule. good luck.

Hehehe ... I just wanted to express my frustration ... hello kitty

[Mitch]

How did it work out?

[Infidel]

I just noticed they changed the hello kitty on the hello kitty ar15. it's a devil kitty with an AR15 now.