Yesterday I traveled across I-20 in intermittent rain. After Vicksburg, Mississippi my wiper park position started changing. Each time I shut them off, the parked position marched across the windshield. What has happened, and how do I fix it?
You have a nut inside the dash that is loose or the one on the front outside. Both issues have happened. My money would be on the inside.
Amos, I think John has it. Start with the nut at the wiper arm. The inside of the wiper arm is a soft metal and if the nut has loosened the soft metal will probably be gouged out and require a new arm. Temp fix if this is the case is to remove arm, place a small piece of solder around inside of arm ( real small ), tighten down as hard as you can without stripping bolt.
Gary B
Brett,
Did you ever have the FT Recall work done on the W/W?
The drive nut on the back of the motor loosens and strips the soft metal, toothed, conical seating surfaces, so no amount of post-failure torque will hold the drive nut in place.
Mine failed in New England (two attempts at re-torque failed). FT sent me a complete W/W system (Motor/drive arms/WW arms/blades/washer jug/tubing/etc. That was the good news.
Took me two days to get the dash apart enough so that I could install the pieces- parts. That was the bad news.
Not a bit of a problem since.
See attached recall notice.
Neal
Neal,
Thanks for the info. I have never heard of that recall. Since I have a service appointment at FT of the 18th, I guess I won't take the dash apart before then.