Hi,

I am trying to replace the rear wiper blade on my fiat stilo jtd. Got the correct new arm and when removing the old one noticed that the circular part around the nut was cracked which was obviously why it kept flopping down and wouldnt work. Took that off and got a pair of pliers from my car tool kit to remove the nut but its rusty and corroded and will not come off. Had a few male friends try and remove it too as thought they would have a bit more strength than me but they cant get it off either. Ive sprayed it with WD40 in the hope that will loosen it but the damn thing won`t budge.

Anybody got any ideas please??? I am a female so it would help me greatly if you could talk in laymans terms so I can understand what you mean rather than mechanic technical jargon....thank you

Have you got a ring spanner of correct size? A ring spanner has a closed hexagonal end which means it would wrap right round the nut and give the best grip.

Failing that, if you hack saw the spindle the nut is on and unbolt the motor from under the boot trim inside then I'll sell you my old wiper motor. It works fine and the nut and thread are in tact.

Mark

Hi, just hacksaw through the nut either side left/right close to the spindle then get a replacement nut.

inki said:

Hi, just hacksaw through the nut either side left/right close to the spindle then get a replacement nut.

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:yeahthat:

Worked for me ..

Or if you know someone with a nut splitter sure that would work, if not hacksaw will do the job.

Thanks everyone for your responses and I will give it a go with the spanner first then if not i`ll try the hacksaw. I will let you know how i get on

Hey!
Have exact same problem 1 to 1.
My nut is still holding, when i try to unscrew it its actually rounding its edges -- I think its the strongest part of the car
The complication is that on the other side there is a motor.
I also applied WD-40 -- did not help, i guess its not strong enough or i did not apply much or it did not stay there long enough.
Aruro.

Some years down the line, I bought, tried and failed with the flimsy puller, then looked on here and found this thread. I then tried the dremel/hacksaw route and, even with my ersatz "dremel", found the job considerably easier than I ever imagined. So, just a thanks for those posters here. My 2005 Multiwagon is back up to 99.9% operational!