The wipers were accidentally turned on with a sheet of ice on the windshield. Now the right wiper is extending off the car and overlaps the right when turned on. The left wiper will only go up about half way if the timing is right. Both wipers also hit hard when coming down. Is this something I can fix myself or will I have to go to a mechanic?
The wiper arms fit onto the splined driving shafts -- sounds as though you might get this to work by turning the wipers to off, then remove wiper arms from shafts, and reinstall the arms at normal resting position. This will probably require removing a screw from the head of each shaft, then reinstalling and tightening after relocating the wiper arms. Might have bent some of the linkage, and if you did so, you might bend the linkage back into shape, might need junkyard parts.
Just remember oppisotes attract, it is a positive (fridge) grabbing a negitive (magnet)
The refrigerator is made of metal
First you need to loosen both wiper arms turn on the wiper motor with the arms staying stationary allow the wiper motor to sit in rest position. Then position the wiper arms to where they should be in park position tighten. Then try. Usually the wiper arms get loose at the mounts. If they are both working, you may be lucky. If they don't park correctly, then you will have to replace the wiper motor cover. There is no other adjustments on the wiper system except for the arms
