Is there anyway to put my wipers down manually?

[SHOemup]

When my wipers are off, they're straight up and down. I believe it's due to a worn motor, or so thats what you guys tell me. They look rediculous like that, is there any way to put them down manually?

thanks in advance.

 

[Red One]

Could it be that the parking mechanism got out of sync? Sounds like mabye the park mechanism is broke.

The two-speed, permanent magnet, three brush electric windshield wiper motor has a brush rigging that permits selection of low or high speed. When the control selector is in LO position, the common brush and the blue/orange wire brush are used, and the motor operates at low speed. When the control selector is in HI position, the grounded brush and the white wire brush are used. Current bypasses a portion of the armature winding, causing the motor to run faster. When the control selector is moved to the OFF position, the motor will continue at low speed until the park switch contacts open, signaling the motor to PARK and activating the depressed PARK mechanism which is part of the motor output arm.

 

[Guido]

Umm... Just put your hand on the wiper and push down as you turn them off. That's what I do.

-***** (Has no idea what that other guy said...)

 

[Bizzy]

For quick and temporary relief from embarrassment, put your wipers on the slowest delay. When they are in the down position pull the fuse from the fuse box. Keep in mind that you will need to put it back in when it starts to rain, but will keep the wipers in the down position.

Your wiper motor does have a "memory"...it has simply forgotten where to "park" the wipers. Unfortunately, I believe the only real fix is to replace the motor.

<small>[ September 28, 2002, 08:55 AM: Message edited by: Bizzy ]</small>