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Oldschooljohn 01-08-2013 05:22 PM

Wipers stuck after arm replacement
 
Hello everyone I am the proud owner of a beautiful 02 silver Millenia with just 93k (I don't drive a lot). I recently had to replace the driver's side wiper arm. Simple enough, but I made the mistake of cycling the wipers while the arm was off. The passenger side wiper parked with a clunk, and did not move after that, and now even with both arms on nothing happens, just a clunk and they both park and do not move again. The wipers were working perfectly before I replaced the arm, so I am thinking that when I cycled the system with just one arm attached it somehow got "out of synch" with itself (or something) Any suggestions? I'm really stumped here. :confused: Thanks much.

tanprotege 01-09-2013 12:22 PM

This is how the wiper assembly looks like:
https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/i...kFcDbF_EK2DKKP Probably one of the pivot points has broken.

If you look at in on ebay you can zoom into it:


Google Image Result for http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/%24(KGrHqF,!k0E%2BzqzzGO5BP-0)GgumQ~~60_1.JPG%3Fset_id%3D880000500F

Oldschooljohn 01-10-2013 12:17 PM

Hi, thanks for the feedback. Turns out everything is OK... I just pulled the fuse, removed both wiper arms, put the fuse back in, hit the switch, and it works just fine! The connector to the wiper motor has several wires, I am guessing that there is some kind of "park sensor" that needed to reset itself. Moral of the story... don't cycle your wipers with just one arm attached.

tanprotege 01-10-2013 08:57 PM

Great!

And thanks for the feed back. I learned something.


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