Wiper Arms Park in Up Position

[White_Comanche]

I'm perplexed as to why my wiper arms park in this up position. I cannot adjust the arms in a horizontal way... if I do, they'll crash into the cowl. The swing of the arms have no issues. They go up and down making a proper arc.

 

During the past month I spent lots of effort refurbishing my wiper motor, gear housing, bushings, etc. Also installed a working intermittent governor that Eaglescout sent me.

 

Lo/Hi and intermittent speeds work great. But when switched to park (off) this is where they rest:

 

[DirtyComanche]

The motor is indexed wrong.  Take it off with the wipers where they are, then move the wipers to the parked position, then put it back on.

[pizzaman09]

I made this mistake once on a Suzuki Samurai.  The crank arm is indexed wrong on the motor.  When parked, unbolt the crank, move the wipers to the correct parked position, then bolt the crank arm back on.

[ghetdjc320]

 

The “park” setting is purely a function of the motor itself.

[White_Comanche]

Thanks a lot guys. I failed initially by trying to be smart and save time. Found out that only turning the motor shaft doesn't work!  the entire assembly needs to be removed.

 

Ended up doing exactly what pizzaman mentioned. Unbolted the crank and oriented everything back to park position. I used q-tips with bluetac to see how the wiper studs were arcing when the motor was turned on. Discovered I also needed to disconnect the bottom-drivers pivot bushing to get the passenger side to wipe in the correct way.

 

Moral of the story: take note of the linkage orientation before diving to do a complete wiper motor overhaul.