Hi: I tried e-mailing you for the scanned instructions, but your e-mail didn't work. Please indicate how may I get them; you can e-mail me.kglazebrook wrote:I just went through the same thing with the rear wiper blade.
Once I found the pin I was able to replace the blade with relative ease.
I scanned the instructions (as requested) and attached to this message.
If you own a 2004 Murano, be aware that not all 2004 models have the same blade. Some have a plastic version (part # 28790CB000) and some have a metal version (part # 28790CA025). I only found this out because they sold me the wrong one initially. Part runs about $10.
Kevin
Is the 2007 different from the 2006? If not why didn't you just follow my post and replace the rubber itself?soylives wrote:This lil project took me 20 mins. 19 mins 30 of fist pounding and swearing trips to and from garage to workshop for tools. And 30 secs of labor once I figured it out. This requires no tools. Don't worry about the pin. This is how its done, whithout pictures:
1. Lift wiper blade off rear window.
2. While holding arm off window, pull wiper towards window to create flex in blade.
3. Push blade up into the hollow nook where the spring is located on the wiper arm. This, combined with the flex, when done properly, will give you enough slack to disengage the wiper blade from the outermost passenger side clip.
4. Slide out the blade towards the passenger side of the car.
5. Slide in the new blade towards the driver's side of the car maintaining the flex when required.
6. Release.
All you need is the blade and the two metal stabilizing stirps for this workaround. Discard the the the rest of the wiper.
Like everthing else in life, it's not that hard once you know how to do it. Now find me the engineer who designed it so I can punch him in the nose.
frank1492 wrote:Murano 2006. By far the easiest way is just to replace the rubber blade insert itself. Grab the end of the old one with needle-nose plyers and pull the insert over the retaining lip at the end of the arm channel. Get yourself a Trico 14B blade. (I didn't even ask about the inserts- was told some time ago that nobody carries them.) Break off the retaining lip on the 14B and slide the blade insert out. Carefully slide the insert over the lip and into the channel of the original arm. Voila! Under 5 minutes.
There should be no glitches here at all. The Trico 14B is the arm called for by the Murano. The rubber blade insert is virtually identical to the original, though you may have to trim off about 1/4" for it to fit properly.
I'm at a loss to understand why nobody has suggested this. I looked at the suggestion to remove the rubber boot at the base of the wiper shaft and undo the nut. Too complicated for me.
obmurano05 wrote:Alrigh guys! Here's the definitive way I found to do it w/o removing the ENTIRE arm assembly blah blah blah. Okay, to remove the old one, if you look closely at the wiper blade assembly, not the arm, but the blade part only. It is in three moving parts, the main (longest part) that attaches to the wiper arm itself and then two (shorter parts) of equal length at each end where the blade actually is help in place by guides. If you look at the swivel points where each of the two smaller end pieces fit onto the larger piece there should be room to fit a small, thin, flat head screwdriver gently into that space and pop the fitting off of the maind part nipple that holds the end pieces on. Once you have gotten off the two shorter pieces you can now pull out the main arm as far as possible and rotate the longer main portion of the blade assembly kind of backwards and play with it and it should slide off. Now! After trying all the other ways I found on the internet I figured this out. You CANNOT take off the wiper arm! I tried removing the nut, and pulling it off and mine just wouldn't budge. Fearing I might break the arm I turned my attention to the NEW wiper assembly. After a minute I realized that on the underside of the NEW blade assy. where the smaller piece attaches to the larger main piece there is actually a little groove for you to use a small flat heat screw driver to apply a little leverage to pop off the end piece, repeat this to the other end. If you notice after you pop it off, the main longer portion where you popped it off is rounded over, this is because after you pop it off you may now reinstall the new main portion the way you removed the old one. After you have the new longer portion on there simply line up the two smaller portions on each end with the actual wiper lined up in their grooves and simply snap the two end pieces back onto the larger piece! And voila! There you have it!
This is not true at all. Granted, the wiper arm is a precise (ie snug) fit onto its splines, but it DOES come off. While there are several ways to replace the rear wiper blade, removing the entire arm and doing it on your work bench is still (IMHO, of course) the easiest.obmurano05 wrote: You CANNOT take off the wiper arm! I tried removing the nut, and pulling it off and mine just wouldn't budge.
jomama717 wrote:You sir, are a genius. Following your instructions I was able to replace the wiper myself in under 10 minutes. After reading post after post on site after site saying "go to the dealer" I am very pleased to inform you that you have saved me a weekend afternoon. Thank you!
obmurano05 wrote:Alrigh guys! Here's the definitive way I found to do it w/o removing the ENTIRE arm assembly blah blah blah. Okay, to remove the old one, if you look closely at the wiper blade assembly, not the arm, but the blade part only. It is in three moving parts, the main (longest part) that attaches to the wiper arm itself and then two (shorter parts) of equal length at each end where the blade actually is help in place by guides. If you look at the swivel points where each of the two smaller end pieces fit onto the larger piece there should be room to fit a small, thin, flat head screwdriver gently into that space and pop the fitting off of the maind part nipple that holds the end pieces on. Once you have gotten off the two shorter pieces you can now pull out the main arm as far as possible and rotate the longer main portion of the blade assembly kind of backwards and play with it and it should slide off. Now! After trying all the other ways I found on the internet I figured this out. You CANNOT take off the wiper arm! I tried removing the nut, and pulling it off and mine just wouldn't budge. Fearing I might break the arm I turned my attention to the NEW wiper assembly. After a minute I realized that on the underside of the NEW blade assy. where the smaller piece attaches to the larger main piece there is actually a little groove for you to use a small flat heat screw driver to apply a little leverage to pop off the end piece, repeat this to the other end. If you notice after you pop it off, the main longer portion where you popped it off is rounded over, this is because after you pop it off you may now reinstall the new main portion the way you removed the old one. After you have the new longer portion on there simply line up the two smaller portions on each end with the actual wiper lined up in their grooves and simply snap the two end pieces back onto the larger piece! And voila! There you have it!
Greetings from the staff here at NICOclub! Glad to have you as a new member of the Murano forum! Thanks for the feedback on the blade install.mura2009 wrote:I have a 2009 Murano. The rear wiper blade is 12" long and I replaced the blade refill, generally following comment by frank1492, in 5 minutes. I ordered the refill "ANCO N-12R Narrow Series" (the refill base is 6mm wide and they come in pairs; one end of the refill has a 1/4" plastic cap - no need to remove it). I ordered it at rockauto.com - but the part appears widely available. I pulled the old blade out (after lifting its edge over the retaining lip) using both hands (pulling with the right hand while pushing with the left hand). No tools were needed. I then inserted the new refill into the arm channel and pushed it in (also using both hands). Finally, I slided the plastic cap (at the end of the blade) over the retaining lip and it locked in place.
Just in case, check first whether you have this kind of the blade installed: try to slide it out a bit and check the dimensions. If they match, the process I described will do it.