Overall the video was very helpful. I would like to inform others doing this task that it would be wise to use a 2-jaw 3" puller for the removal of the wiper arms and not attempt to remove the arms as shown in the video. The puller can be purchased at Harbor Freight for about $25. In addition I would like to point out a couple specifications not mentioned in the video. The torque on the wiper arms to the shaft are 22 foot pounds and the dimensions regarding where to position the blades is as follows. The left blade tip to cowl seal edge is 1.7" and the right blade is 1". Thanks for the great video!
Nice vid, many thanks it's was really helpful. I followed your guide today (which was the key to achievement!) and might add: USEFUL TIP 1: You don't need to uninstall the cabin filter housing, which also removes the need of the torx heads. USEFUL TIP 2: If you bend the wipers open (like you do when changing the blade), it is incredibly easier to first uninstall and later fit them back into place USEFUL TIP 3: As you pointed out, mark all the wipers and nuts in their position before uninstalling to make it easier to install into the right position later. USEFUL TIP 4: The last screws on the wipers musn't be very tight or else the extra stress will make the wiper motor end up breaking. A guy said below 22 foot pounds which I believe is pretty little.
I just finished replacing mine. Your video was the key to me doing this successfully for the first time. You explained everything well. The only issue that I had for a short time was getting the dog-on windshield wiper arm off. It was really stuck on there even using a flathead screwdriver to get leverage on it to pry it off. However I stuck with it and wiggled and leveraged, wiggled and leveraged, and wiggled and leveraged some more and finally the thing eased off. That was the hardest part. Everything else was fairly easy referencing your step by step video. Thanks, I really appreciate it. Have a good one.
I followed this tutorial. I wiggled the arms from front to back and they eventually loosed up. The tape tip was useful. A relatively easy job for when my husband wasn't around.
Jake! Thanks for the video, it's always nice to see how this stuff comes apart. I checked with my dealer yesterday and they wanted $100.00 for the part and (get this!) $220.00 in labor. $320.00 - $70.00 for my part online and I have an extra $250.00 in my pocket! Thanks for your vids and posts on the forums
Well done. The other cable beside B+ is for your fuel injectors. Just bought an e46 and this piece is toast. Thanks to your work I will pound this out very easily. Great job considering you are filming while you are working.
Excellent tutorial! Just noticed mine is looking shitty today and thought it would be a huge undertaking! Compared to the water pump this should be a breeze ;) Thank you so much!
great video! Just did this on a MY2000 328i 4-door and I did not have to remove the whole cabin air filter assembly, just the top cover, filter, and gasket. So no torx bits needed.
Thank you so much, I will do this tomorrow. I have to replace something that's all the way in the back on the engine and this have to come off to do it. The workshop is charging $300 and the part is $10 so that's not going to happen :p This will give me an idea how to get it done. Again, thanks a lot for this!
I would have laughed so hard if that little cover had fallen down behind the engine. You gotta be careful about little parts man! Thanks for the DIY by the way.
When installing/removing the windshield wipers, I find it easier to lower the hood and pull the wiper blades up. This releases the pressure the wipers are putting on the nut; thus making it less dangerous and a bit easier. I hope this helps!
My wiper arms would not come off by shaking the arm nor by tapping with a screw driver and mallet as recommended elsewhere. Had to delay the job until I got a decent wiper arm puller. These are not expensive and hassle free, parts don't go flying, and it worked great. Also, the wiper position is 24 mm from the tip to the cowl seal for the right (passenger side) wiper and 44 mm for the left (drivers side) wiper. Cleaning out the dirt after removing the old cowl was the biggest part of the job. While at cleaning, you may as well remove the flexible shields just below the ends of the windshield and get the dirt out from under there as well.
yes....a ten minute job....once you've done all the prep removal and your wiper blade arms aren't 17 years old like mine...all in all, about an hour for everything, I also wiped everything down with Armorall before re-assembly. Be careful not to lose the scored nut that's inside the blade arms. The blade positioning tip was invaluable advice. As for torque, I used two squints and one mild grunt.
+tbarn9 Your right!..LoL, when I was removing my wipers I thought I was gonna break something, but with the help of WD40, it pretty much came out dandy!
Liked the video and gave the thumbs up...but screamed fuuuuuuuck, when u said at the END of the video to "mark your windshield at the beginning with masking tape to note the original placement". (I watched the video as I went) But it was fairly simple to guesstimate and get it on the first try. Thought it would have been tough without the tape.
Overall the video was very helpful. I would like to inform others doing this task that it would be wise to use a 2-jaw 3" puller for the removal of the wiper arms and not attempt to remove the arms as shown in the video. The puller can be purchased at Harbor Freight for about $25. In addition I would like to point out a couple specifications not mentioned in the video. The torque on the wiper arms to the shaft are 22 foot pounds and the dimensions regarding where to position the blades is as follows. The left blade tip to cowl seal edge is 1.7" and the right blade is 1". Thanks for the great video!
Nice vid, many thanks it's was really helpful. I followed your guide today (which was the key to achievement!) and might add:
USEFUL TIP 1: You don't need to uninstall the cabin filter housing, which also removes the need of the torx heads.
USEFUL TIP 2: If you bend the wipers open (like you do when changing the blade), it is incredibly easier to first uninstall and later fit them back into place
USEFUL TIP 3: As you pointed out, mark all the wipers and nuts in their position before uninstalling to make it easier to install into the right position later.
USEFUL TIP 4: The last screws on the wipers musn't be very tight or else the extra stress will make the wiper motor end up breaking. A guy said below 22 foot pounds which I believe is pretty little.
+thakrak Thanks for the tips!
I just finished replacing mine. Your video was the key to me doing this successfully for the first time. You explained everything well. The only issue that I had for a short time was getting the dog-on windshield wiper arm off. It was really stuck on there even using a flathead screwdriver to get leverage on it to pry it off. However I stuck with it and wiggled and leveraged, wiggled and leveraged, and wiggled and leveraged some more and finally the thing eased off. That was the hardest part. Everything else was fairly easy referencing your step by step video. Thanks, I really appreciate it. Have a good one.
I followed this tutorial. I wiggled the arms from front to back and they eventually loosed up. The tape tip was useful. A relatively easy job for when my husband wasn't around.
Very awesome tutorial video, I just replaced my new cowling on my E46 today, it took me less than an hour. Thanks you so much sir!
+Mashash Tosh Thanks!
Jake! Thanks for the video, it's always nice to see how this stuff comes apart. I checked with my dealer yesterday and they wanted $100.00 for the part and (get this!) $220.00 in labor. $320.00 - $70.00 for my part online and I have an extra $250.00 in my pocket! Thanks for your vids and posts on the forums
Just finished replacing the cowling on my e46 using your video. Thanks for walking me through it.
Well done. The other cable beside B+ is for your fuel injectors. Just bought an e46 and this piece is toast. Thanks to your work I will pound this out very easily. Great job considering you are filming while you are working.
good job! had thought I couldn't do it but your video clearly shows that it can be replaced with little to no issues. Thanks
Excellent tutorial! Just noticed mine is looking shitty today and thought it would be a huge undertaking! Compared to the water pump this should be a breeze ;) Thank you so much!
+Niamh Healy Thanks! Enjoy the newer look after you get it done
great video! Just did this on a MY2000 328i 4-door and I did not have to remove the whole cabin air filter assembly, just the top cover, filter, and gasket. So no torx bits needed.
Great video, thanks for the walk through. And you shot it one handed too!
Thank you so much, I will do this tomorrow. I have to replace something that's all the way in the back on the engine and this have to come off to do it. The workshop is charging $300 and the part is $10 so that's not going to happen :p This will give me an idea how to get it done. Again, thanks a lot for this!
+pOrnstar Best of luck and thanks!
Planning on doing this tomorrow morning, let's see how it goes. Thanks for the video!
Thanks for making this vid! I need to replace my cowl and your vid well help me do that. Thanks again.
Nice video, thanks. Thought this repair was going to be really expensive at the dealer.
I would have laughed so hard if that little cover had fallen down behind the engine. You gotta be careful about little parts man! Thanks for the DIY by the way.
When installing/removing the windshield wipers, I find it easier to lower the hood and pull the wiper blades up. This releases the pressure the wipers are putting on the nut; thus making it less dangerous and a bit easier. I hope this helps!
Thanks for the tip! I'll give it a shot when I replace the cowling on my friends car in the spring.
My wiper arms would not come off by shaking the arm nor by tapping with a screw driver and mallet as recommended elsewhere. Had to delay the job until I got a decent wiper arm puller. These are not expensive and hassle free, parts don't go flying, and it worked great. Also, the wiper position is 24 mm from the tip to the cowl seal for the right (passenger side) wiper and 44 mm for the left (drivers side) wiper. Cleaning out the dirt after removing the old cowl was the biggest part of the job. While at cleaning, you may as well remove the flexible shields just below the ends of the windshield and get the dirt out from under there as well.
Very helpful especially how to remove those pesky retaining clips! I'm thinking of spraying mine with plastidip before install
About to do mine right now this video really helped thanks
You made hard work off that. No need to take hole filter housing out.
So easy and I’m a girl so no men should have a problem
yes....a ten minute job....once you've done all the prep removal and your wiper blade arms aren't 17 years old like mine...all in all, about an hour for everything, I also wiped everything down with Armorall before re-assembly. Be careful not to lose the scored nut that's inside the blade arms. The blade positioning tip was invaluable advice. As for torque, I used two squints and one mild grunt.
Very helpful nice work. Removing those wipers is a bitch!
+tbarn9 Your right!..LoL, when I was removing my wipers I thought I was gonna break something, but with the help of WD40, it pretty much came out dandy!
Nice Vid! How much is the cowling?
Was wondering how am I going to get this out. Thank you so much
+Dave Daniel Let me know if you have any issues replacing it, thanks
Thanks for the Video! Just what I needed!
Thanks, I think it was around 60 or so from getbmwparts which is the bmw dealership tischer
cool vid, bro...I'm using this vid to replace mine tomorrow morn
GREAT VIDEO, keep it up
Thank you ! This helped me alot,awsome vid ;)
Liked the video and gave the thumbs up...but screamed fuuuuuuuck, when u said at the END of the video to "mark your windshield at the beginning with masking tape to note the original placement". (I watched the video as I went)
But it was fairly simple to guesstimate and get it on the first try. Thought it would have been tough without the tape.
Sorry about that, I'll add an annotation in the beginning so everyone knows.
Thanks very much, it helped me a lot!!!
Helpful video, thanks!
Good info, but try aiming your camera better
Nice as always.
Part is ant 65 bucks
Too bad no one makes a $10 snap-on replacement "working edge" for this otherwise $75 part!
they do through ebay for about 35 bucks and comes with a washer for the driver side wiper and the 7 plastic clips
Thanks!
The risk of doing it alone! haha