Bill,
To answer your questions about damage to the gearbox or motor end of
the shaft you will want to remove the motor, the attached gearbox and
then pull out the push-pull cable. Start by removing wiper arms, then
just follow the instructions in the WS manual.
Watch out for sharp edges of metal in the vicinity of the motor. Don't
know where they (it) might be, but my right wrist has a 2" slash from
something in that area.
Clean out the solidified grease, inspect for wear, then reassemble per
the book. While the motor is apart, put some oil onto the shaft bearings
and give it time to soak in. The book tells you how to set the
self-parking gizmo. Seems complicated in the reading, but it's easier to
do it than to describe it. The few assemblies I have disassembled
seemed to show no wear, and they all worked great after being cleaned.
Let me qualify that---'great' is by comparison to the previous
barely-operating state. These things are never great by today's
standards, but when working their best and with a good application of
RainX you can drive happily.
Bob
'72GT
On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 11:24:08 -0700 "Bill Meyer" <wcameyer@msn.com>
writes:
> Today being the first rainy day in No. AZ in I don't know how long,
> the wipers
> on my '72 GT received a good workout and show problems.
> History: When I received the car in August, the wipers had been
> mounted
> improperly, i. e. parked to the passenger side instead of the driver
> side. I
> don't have any idea how often they had been turned on, trying to
> move further
> clockwise.
> Anyways, I discovered the problem and remounted the arms. They
> worked when
> tested, but in a lesser arc than what they should have traveled.
> Today, that arc of movement suddenly decreased fairly drastically.
> They now
> travel from the horizontal position to only barely the vertical.
> They do move
> in unison, and I can detect no hesitation when they change
> direction.
>
> Is the gearbox stripped? the motor end of the cable?
>
> Has anybody experienced this before?
>
> Oh yes, they have never worked at high speed, and never parked
> automatically.
>
> TIA<
>
> Bill Meyer
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