I have a 93 Camry - can anyone out there tell me how to re-connect the actuator arm? Or is it just best to take it to a mechanic?
Well it depends upon what you mean by the actuator arm. If you mean the connecting rod that passes between the two wiper arm mounts under the cowl, most often these are nylon press on sockets that fit on a ball on the windshield wiper motor. Sometimes they just pop off, though mostly in winter when the wiper is frozen to the windshield and the stress of trying to move but being unable to causes it to separate. In this case it can just be popped back on. In other cases the nylon bushing has worn out and then it needs to be replaced. Often you must buy the arm too, as they do not sell the bushing separately. Now if you are talking about the wiper arm iself and where it connects to the drive shaft that turns it, that has a little flip up cover and a small bolt underneath the cover that you can tighten once you have both arms situated so that they will not collide in motion or strike the windshield frame on either end of their range of motion. FInally if you are talking about the blade arm itself, and theway it hooks into a sort of sheep's hook on the end of the wiper arm, it is not very difficult simply to snap it back into place yourself. If you look at the other arm you will be able to see how it fits.
