Wiper Motor

[Pony Express]

Hello all,
This may not be the right area for this thread but I wasn't sure where else to put it. This morning my windshield was iced up and being in a rush and not thinking it through I just decided to spray it with WW fluid. The passenger side wiper moved but the driver side was frozen in place. A few cusswords later it finally stopped and I got out to remove the ice that was "freezing" the wiper to the windshield and after that it still didn't move more than maybe 1/4".

I'm trying to figure out if the wiper motor itself is trashed or if its just the cover or something else. Has anybody had anything like this happen to them?

Thanks

 

[duramaxdiesel]

Yeah I had that happen before. It wasn't the wiper motor. I had to tighten the nut on the wiper arm. It's located under the little plastic cap on the arm. Hopefully that's what it is and it isn't stripped.

Nick

 

[chevyburnout1]

^^^ Yup. If the passenger side blade is still working then I bet the nut just came loose.

 

[Pony Express]

Nut was on plenty tight but when I pulled the arm of the splines were silky smooth on the arm side. Looks like I'll be replacing an arm (phew, cause a new wiper motor looks to be north of $130)

Thanks