The other day it snowed, and I tried to use my wipers to get the snow off. They didn‘t move, and now they just won‘t come on at all. It sounds like the motor is trying to turn them, but they won‘t move an inch. My father told me about a gear that could possibly be stripped if they were frozen and I tried to use them. Any ideas? And if it is the gears inside the wiper, how much would they cost to fix?
It sounds like you tore up the wiper transmission. The motor likely is still good. OK This is an easy fix for a Do-It-Your-Self project. Step1. Check the local salvage yards for a used Wiper transmission. Should cost about $40.00. Step 2. You need to disconnect the negative battery terminal. Step 3. Remove the wiper arms. I think the nuts that hold them on are 12mm or 14mm when you get the nuts off, bring the wiper arms into the position like you would do when changing the wiper blade. Rock the bottom of the arm until the arm comes free of the joint. Step 4. there are several screws holding the cowl onto the chassis. This covers the wiper transmission. the screws are either phillips head or a torx head #10 when removed the cowl will come off in two pieces. Step 5. Use a pry bar to disengage the transmission from the wiper motor. In some cases you may have to remove the wiper motor as well. .There are four 10mm screws that hold the wiper motor on. If you remove it unplug it AFTER you get the screws out. step 6 There are three screws on each wiper arm holder 10 mm . remove them and the wiper transmission will be ready to remove wiggle it out and reinstall the new one . An amature should be able to do this job in about 1 hour It takes me about 15 minutes
