Need to remove wiper arms from 1998 Dodge Ram in order to replace windshield.

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Removing windshield wiper arms and intake grading is essential to gaining access to the windshield wiper

If it has a nut on the arm where it connects, remove the nut and hit down on the arm where the elbow joins and it should come free, don't hit too hard tho

You put the arm on the motor 180 degress out

You lift the wiper arm off the windshield, to allow
the locking tab to release


On the right side I believe, under the arm
where it mounts on the splined shaft,is a tab
you slide out

It will be a struggle to get the arm off as it is spring loaded

There is a tool that hooks over the end of the arm
to remove the tension,but you can do it the hard way
without it

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Wiper arms are generally held on one of two different ways. Either with a nut under a little cap that flips up above the pivot shaft, or a lock tab at the base of the wiper arm that pivots out and away a little from the pivot shaft. With either one, you will have to flip the wiper arms away from the windshield because they will not pull off the pivot shaft until the wiper blade spring tension is no longer acting against the windshield. Here's a pic of the lock tab.

I just did mine today, 1998 Dodge Ram 1500.
The wipers are clipped on, not bolted on.
Open your hood and crawl under the hood so you can reach the wiper, pull the wiper arm off the windshield until it hits the hood then grab a flat head screw driver and pry out the black metal metal piece located just above the the base of the wiper(where it mounts to the truck)
It wont come all the way out, you will know if you release it by letting the wiper arm go and it should stay up off the windshield.

Once you do that you will have the wiggle the arm back and forth until you free the arm from the truck, usually it's a pain to get off but it will come off with forceful finesse.

Once the arms are off you will have about 5-6 torx screw caps to remove, I think it's a T-25 or T-20 torx.

Once the torx and arms are off the cowl should pop right off, there will be the washer hoses still connected, I left those on and just set the cowl in the engine compartment, but you can take it off by just disconnect those hoses.

You will have to remove the wiper linkage (4 ten mm bolts) one by the passenger wiper, two right next to each other under the wiper motor, and one on the driver side(It's easiest to stand on the ground by the drivers side fender to get that bolt)

Now the linkage is free you can turn it around and see the motor, it will have a wire harness clip into the motor, just push the clip release and pull out the clip.

The motor is mounted by 3 ten mm bolts, remove those and replace the motor, and put it together like you took it apart.

My dad helped me solve this problem on my truck...

They simply pry off. He put down a towel to protect the cowl grill, took a hammer (using the split end) and pried them right off.

There was no mechanism holding them on, when we were done working under the grill, we used the same towel, but the other side of the hammer to stick 'em back on.

There is a little hook like metal piece under your windshield wiper arm.When you push it to the right while pulling the wiper arm up it comes off