I live in AZ and use the wipers about once a year. We had a little spindle and i turned them on. They seemed to work fine then I turned the off. When I turn them back on they barley can get across the window. Do any of the parts have to be oiled or are these the symptoms of a dying motor.

 

the motor is fine, grease up all the linkage joints, use wd40 to work loose the hardened grease with the wipers on, you will see them speed up as the hard grease gets loosened up

 

So I have to pop that panel off and take off the wiper arms to get to it right?

 

yup

 

will try that

 

thanks for the help

 

this should be archived, i just saw this and did it as well, and even though i didnt see any built up grease it greatly freed mine up.

 

I just finished mine.

Dam they are working sooo smooth now.

I recommend this doing this ASAP for anyone who has never done it.

 

the wiper rack seizing up is a common problem. i use sea foam instaed of WD40, but hey thats just my preference....

 

yea i actually used pb blaster cause i was fresh out of wd40

 

AWESOME! I was caught in the storm from hell here in Pascagoula this morning and wished I read this yesterday!

 

Thats what happened to me, I only need the wipers for a couple days a year here in AZ

 

How da hell do you get the wiper assembly out from its little home? damn japa engineers wedged it in there very nicely. Tryed to get it out year or so ago, gave up.

 

That's a good question, I wasn't able to get to the drivers side one at all.

 

Assuming your US left hand drive cars are the same as Aussie RHD units, just swapped over...

To get my wiper assembly out from under the body work the wipers have to be about half way through their sweep cycle across the windscreen.

If you try to take the wiper assembly out when the wipers are in their normal resting/off position at the bottom of the windscreen, you can't get it out as it gets stuck on the body work.

Turn the wipers on and when they are half way through the sweep, ie/ half way up the windscreen, pull the positive terminal on your battery to stop them there.

You should now be able to get the whole unit out. It may take a few goes with the exact positioning, but you won't get the unit out when it's in it's normal resting/off position.

Have fun!
Cam...