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2-20-2009
Despite having a touch of the flu, I was stuck in the house all day and this was on the back of my mind. I wanted to finish pulling the wiper motor and arms out.
First thing I did was I pulled the wiper arms off. They are held on by two 13 mm nuts. To access these you need to flip the plastic covers up, just pinch the ends and they pop up.
Next, after you get the arms off, you want to pull the weatherstrip up. It is held on by a bunch of little push pins. Take you time and you can slide the pins out of the weatherstrip so you can reuse it (not sure if I am going to reuse it though...is there an actual reason for reinstalling it?)
Then there will be a couple push pins holding the actual wiper cowl trim on. Just take a flathead screwdriver and pop up the middle piece and then you can pull the outer ring out. There are maybe 6 of these. Just make sure you get them all. Then just carefully slide the trim off. There will be the windshield washer squirter line you will have to pull off once you have the pieces loose.
After that, you will see the wiper motor assembly. There are 3 10 mm bolts on the passenger arm motor and then 2 more on the drivers side, along with a 10 mm nut that is hidden underneath the cowl, you will have to feel for this, cant really see it.
Careful of the cowl lip though, it is really sharp, I cut a chunk of my skin off on my fingers as you can see here.
Next step, you will need to pop the arms off (they literally just pop off) Gently pull on the arms and they will break free, I just had to pop the drivers side off and the rest slid out of the passenger side hole.
Here is what was removed, seems like around 10-12 pounds from what I have read.
Then reinstall your cowl cover and enjoy the 10 pounds you saved and make sure you Rain-X your windshield just in case
