wipers

guy whitwam · Post by **guy whitwam** » Thu May 14, 09 12:33 pm

Can anyone shed any light on this please.............
My wipers used to fold themselves neatly under the cowl of the bonnet when you turned them off after use,now when you turn them off they just sit on the screen in the position and not defalt to their 'hide away ' location.
They still work and otherwise seem fine ,as far as I can tell all wiring seems in place and have not been pulling anything around to warrent their change in attitude
..................any ideas?????????
1971 dodge Challenger

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Thu May 14, 09 12:42 pm

There is a "Park" position, dictated by a cam in the wiper assembly; I think it works electrically as the circuit is broken on the copper conducting plate.

I have had it but never fixed it as I just turned the wipers off at the right time

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It is annoying, and I am sure someone has dealt with this before.

guy whitwam · Post by **guy whitwam** » Thu May 14, 09 12:59 pm

Cheers Pete......

Maybe next time I will put the question in the correct catagory ...not cars FOR SALE
...........What a plank!!!!!!

Hope all is well with you anyway and thanks for your prompt message

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Thu May 14, 09 1:14 pm

They often do this with age.

Just take the motor unit off the car and pull it apart. Then clean it all up.

Use a bit of wire wool on the copper contacts. Clean off all the old lube and put a little vasaline on the areas that rub.

The workshop manual has a series of tests you can do with it off the car (with some spare wire and a battery) to make sure it all works before you put it back on the car.

RobTwin · Post by **RobTwin** » Thu May 14, 09 1:57 pm

Dave wrote:They often do this with age...... Clean off all the old lube and put a little vasaline on the areas that rub....

Women & wipers.... same thing really

guy whitwam · Post by **guy whitwam** » Thu May 14, 09 2:53 pm

Mmmmm.............can see where you are coming from on that.
Was going to say ..'what do you need a manual for a woman for',but then perhaps they should come with a manual coz I'll be bananarama'd if I can figured mine out sometimes!!!!!!!!!!

........where do you connect the battery to ,and would you always bench test before installing?

Ivor · Post by **Ivor** » Thu May 14, 09 3:26 pm

My wipers used to do that, but I followed Dave's advice, cleaned the whole thing up, in particular the contacts and it worked perfectly afterwards...like Dave they get a bit cranky as they get older

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Thu May 14, 09 3:37 pm

Even newer cars have this problem.

The rear tailgate wiper on the Jeep I bought off Aussie Pete wasn't working at all! Quick clean up and it has worked perfectly ever since.