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97 camaro wipers stuck in middle of windshield?

ok i have a camaro and the wipers work fine but when i turn them off they go back up and sit right in the middle of the windshield can someone tell me how to fix this please i will givbe best answer to whoever answers best thanks!!!

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sounds like at some pint some 1 had to replace the wiper motor and didnt set the arm back into the same spot on new motoru have to pull the arm off teh motor and then reattach it in a position where the wipers are down. this might require you to remove the hood and have a second person help yougood luck
There is a park position switch when they go bad the wipers stop in the middle of the wipe cycle.
I haven't seen the newer Camaro series, I dealt with the older 80's models, but if they hold true. It sounds like your wipers have slipped the bolt that runs them. There used to be a small motor, that had a bolt that the wipers fit on, that made them work back and forth. If they stopped completely, either the motor was fried, or the wiper blade had stripped and the bolt was turning inside it without making it move. Most of the time, I found the later, but I'm told that the motor burning up is far more common. But, if they were turned off, and stuck in a position other than where they were originally to rest, it usually meant that the threads were out in the wiper, or the bolt was stripped and couldn't hold the wiper in place. Now, this usually meant that they didn't work, but they could have just skipped a place, so that they work, but rest somewhere other than all the way down. Sort of like a radio knob that is off a little, and the radio is on, but the knob says it is off, and off when it should be on. (Hope I made sense there) Normally, just pop the wiper off, check the threads (metal bolt or plastic wiper) and REPLACE the defective one. Do not glue the wiper back on, or it is hard to get back off (and this will be the only time you will ever need to remove it otherwise), or it will fly off while you are driving, and leave you without a wiper, and improper equipment (ticket), if stopped. I've seen wipers that popped off even though they couldn't be pried off, and once glued on, you will eventually have to remove them, and this will usually mean a new motor and wipers, because they won't come off otherwise. Murphy's Car Laws. Of course, if Chevy has changed the model, this is worthless. :)

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