I have a ‘98 Blazer. The windshield wipers worked off and on. sometimes they wouldn‘t turn on and sometimes they wouldn‘t turn off. Sometimes they would only come on if I set it to high. Ok, so that‘s not really what I need to fix at this point. So, I was terribly frustrated by this and had PMS.Well my point is, I tried to force them to work by grabbing the base of the wiper arm and pulling it up. I heard a nice big satisfying (at the time) crack. Well, them the *%#$ thing was stuck in the up position right in my line of vision. So I then forced it back down and heard another (not so satisfying this time) crack. Now it‘s pushing down hard against the bottom (that piece between where the windshield meets the hood). Any ideas on what I actually broke and how much it might be to fix it? :)
Oh boy! Sounds as if you broke the wiper arm actuator rod(s) on the windshield motor. Ouch, to say the least in cost of parts AND labor. The only way to fix the problem now would be to take off the wiper arms, remove the panel covering the motor and rods and check which ones are broken beyond hope of repair. And it's not the easiest job in the world either to boot. Now, that's just the wiper rods and motor. From the sounds of the ORIGINAL problem, you were having an intermitant wiper control problem with the control lever in and on the steering wheel column. That's an easy fix. The part(s) are cheap too. The only real problem there is having the tools to pull and re-install the steering wheel. To fix it all, I'd say your looking at around four to six hundred bucks with labor.
Oh boy! Sounds as if you broke the wiper arm actuator rod(s) on the windshield motor. Ouch, to say the least in cost of parts AND labor. The only way to fix the problem now would be to take off the wiper arms, remove the panel covering the motor and rods and check which ones are broken beyond hope of repair. And it's not the easiest job in the world either to boot. Now, that's just the wiper rods and motor. From the sounds of the ORIGINAL problem, you were having an intermitant wiper control problem with the control lever in and on the steering wheel column. That's an easy fix. The part(s) are cheap too. The only real problem there is having the tools to pull and re-install the steering wheel. To fix it all, I'd say your looking at around four to six hundred bucks with labor.
