Tacy26

The person who broke the wiper arm took it

I think I know what happened. I noticed another wiper arm popping up during search. I've attached the image. It looks like this arm was the one that was broken off, when it broke it left the little metal piece on the shaft. That explains why there was so much plastic stuck to it. Thank you all for your suggestions and help. I'm going to take it into a shop and have them remove the metal piece. Whoever did this...I hope Karma gets them.

The metal piece will not come off. I used a few different tools and it won't budge. I really don't want to remove the entire assembly. My question is how in the world someone got that piece on in the first place, and why. I'm going to have someone drill down the inside of the wiper arm enough so that the bolt sticks out. Funny though the arm that was broken off was plastic at the base because there was still some left on that gold fitting...this one is metal.

I'll try and pry if off again today. I might just go and buy some random wiper arm that looks like it will fit. Since the fitting is already on there it may help hold it in place.

Ugh, that's what I was afraid of. I don't have any of those tools so i'll have to recruit a man with tools to help me. At this point I may just take it down to Subaru service and have them do it. I was trying to do this myself. Whoever did this is such a piece...and if they do it again after I replace it (mad face). Apartment living... Thank you all for the answers. Prevented me from breaking something and making things worse or buying a different arm and wasting money.

Ok I will try again this evening. Can I ask why that gold piece was on there? I'm guessing the other arm was different and maybe they put that on there to secure it down?

Attached is the new wiper arm, and the stub I'm trying to attach it to. I did remove all of the black plastic that was almost welded onto the stub. I don't have the old wiper arm to compare it to as whoever snapped it off took it with them. The stub doesn't have any play really, I tried unscrewing the gold nut with teeth (I apologize, I don't know that that fitting is called) and the whole thing didn't want to turn. I then tried pushing the gold nut down towards the window further to give the bolt room to poke out of the wiper arm to attach it with the nut, it didn't budge. I looked up my vin online and I do have a 2005, I also looked up that part using my vin and it is the correct part although the website listed more than one.

Someone busted off the rear wiper arm of my 2005 Legacy Outback. I called Subaru parts department and got a replacement, part# 86532AG09C. After finally removing the stuck plastic on the old one, this new one won't fit. There is a metal nut with teeth on the bolt, the plastic was stuck to it when I took the old one off. When I go to put the new one on, the bolt doesn't stick out far enough to thread the nut on to hold it in place. That metal piece with teeth is in the way. I know that piece is important to catch the plastic but the new arm's plastic is too thick. I called Subaru and they confirmed that it is the correct wiper arm and I don't really want to take it in and pay someone for something so small. Any help would be greatly appreciated. It's snowing and my teenage daughter is driving the car.