If you are going to do this, just loosen the nut so that it is flush
with the end of the stud. This spreads the load and protests against
damaging the threads either by compression of the end of the stud or
missing and hitting the threads.
On Tuesday, July 13, 2004, at 08:30  PM, Automatic digest processor
wrote:

> From:    Simon Reinhardt <simon@FARRSIDE.NET>
> Subject: Re: Wiper Arms
>
> Something that can work is to remove the 10mm nut, then give the
> threaded stud a rap with a hammer.
>
> -Simon