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Old 11-05-2007, 08:26 PM
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i swapped my wiper motor in my 2001 Z28.

when i turn the wipers on, they go all the way up and all the way down.

when i put it in intermittent mode, they go all the way up, all the way down, then halfway up and wait. then repeats.

when i turn it off, they come halfway up, pause, then park an inch lower.





question is, how do i align them correctly again? when i reattached the square metal thing back to the wiper motor, it wasn't keyed to a specific position or anything. what's the proper way to reattach the wiper motor linkage at the stud that comes out of the motor?

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Old 11-05-2007, 08:34 PM
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You may have a bad wiper switch, that is located in the steering column. It controls the stop points.
Old 11-05-2007, 09:16 PM
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what if the wipers worked fine before? only thing that changed was the motor... :shrug:

motor was changed coz the fuse blew. the old motor had 12v running through the case. wipers were in park when the problem showed up.
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Thats a weird one!!
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yeah. i'm thinking i might be missing something with the way i hooked the spring loaded metal piece to the wiper motor.
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thats something i would have to look at. maybe you positioned it wrong? idk




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