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wipers gone crazy

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 7:44 pm
by basic.green
gday my wipers are doing some strange things
the right one works fine but the left one :roll: when i turn them of the wiper stops in the middle of the window and when i
start them it goes down first so i cant just take it of and put it back on lower. it allso goes way past the the stoping point
any help would be great. it worked when i got the car :roll:

Re: wipers gone crazy

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 7:54 pm
by Trev
Check you have a good earth.
Do they stop when you turn off the switch? They should self park at a point, then put your wiper arms on.

Re: wipers gone crazy

Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 8:06 pm
by basic.green
thanks trev when i first ran them i did not have the arms on so i ran them quite abit so when i put the arms on they should have been fine but they took of towards the engine so i took them of and put them were they would work all over the place
but i will check the earth thanks again trev

Re: wipers gone crazy

Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 1:20 pm
by Devilrod
I found when putting mine on for the first time it was easier to blue tack or tape a cable tie onto the wiper spindle and run it till I had them right. Saves headaches and chips/ scratches.

Re: wipers gone crazy

Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 10:43 am
by stinky
Your linkages at the motor are out Rick.
If the linkages look "right" they are wrong, I'll try and take a picture of mine.

Re: wipers gone crazy

Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 11:21 am
by stinky
This is the best I could manage with mobile and all the shit under the dash :?

Image

Re: wipers gone crazy

Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 10:16 pm
by stinky
forgot to add, take the wiper arms off and stick a couple of pieces of masking tape on in their place while you are messing around with lining the linkages up. Once the linkages are sorted you can then fine tune the wiper placement with the tape.

Re: wipers gone crazy

Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 2:43 pm
by basic.green
thanks Devilrod good idea 8)
thanks stinky. the pic looks the same as mine. is there diffrent ends longer ones that are making the wiper on that side do a longer stroke :?:
thanks again for you help guys