Wiper arm removal?
 

I'm investigating water leaking into the driver's footwell, so need to find a puller to get the wiper arms off so I can remove the cowl molding.

Once I have the nut removed, any tips/techniques that work well for pulling off the wiper arms?

Again, I am not sure if it is like the Ion (I am an Ion guy), as I never got the opportunity to tear into my dads when we had it. So if it is similar, you pull the wipers up, and there are some caps going around. Pop them off with a flat head, and I believe it was a 7mm or 10mm bolt under each one. Get those all out, and lift up a bit, and I think there were 4 more bolts underneath that.


Again, that is if it is similar to the Ion. Always worth a shot.

4 more bolts under what?

In the case of the Vue the wiper arm is held down by an acorn nut atop the post.
With the nut off, I think I'll need to set a puller though as the arms are set pretty tight on the post. Can't seem to wiggle, shake or pull em straight out by hand.

The wiper assembly cover. Whoops.


You don't need to pull the arms off. It will all come off as one unit. That's how I did it anyway.

You could always try a batter clamp remover tool. You may have to place a small socket on the stud, but I THINK that would work.

A better puller DING! That's exactly what did it.
I used this battery terminal puller and it was able to grip the base just fine:
http://canadiantire.scene7.com/is/im...re/image_na_EN

FWIW - on the Vue the only way to remove the two plastic cowl covers is to remove the wiper arms. My reason for needing to do this was to vacuum out any debris and also to replace the washer jets (the nozzle to the passenger side had blown out.)

I also removed the hood for a Saturday engine steam clean project.

any sign of the leakage path?

Glad to hear it worked out for you. Sometimes us old farts still have good ideas. LOL

Still looking, but a couple of good candidates.

The easy/common reason of leaf etc. debris in the cowl wasn't it though. That area was fantastically clean. I unbolted and removed the hood, pulled wheels and wheel liners and am now going over things in detail. Overall in remarkable good shape. I'm going over the under-areas with a wire brush, degreaser and will POR-15 over any rusted spots and preserve the condition.

Water entry point to 2003 Vue interior found and fixed!
 

For anyone reviewing this thread, or who has a problem with water pooling into the floor of the Saturn Vue, I found that the round plastic caps in the unibody below the A pillar weren't sealing completely.

To resolve this, I needed to remove the plastic fenders clean, rust-repair and reseal the body plugs back in. Problem solved!

Also, in our '03 Vue plus as I've found in other Vues at a few salvage yards, the cast aluminum base for the center/shifter console corrodes where it contacts the floor. This is probably due to constantly wet carpet and underpad plus likely the dissimilar metals (floor is steel, base is aluminum.) The softer aluminum gives up first and the legs are eaten right out.

It's been a few months since I removed the interior seats, console, trim and carpets, plus the exterior fenders and door cladding to address (scrape/wire-brush/treat/POR-15) the rust prone areas (no perforation for me, just surface rust) and the ingress of water has stopped now, completely. Yay!

Appreciate the update.
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