Wipers not moving

[UGA2018]

My wife was driving my son's 80 when it was raining. Turned it off to run in a store, came back out and turned it on and the wipers are frozen in place. They don't respond at all to being turned on or off now.

I checked the fuse and it is still good. Thoughts on where to turn next? Did a search on MUD and didn't see any clues on where to look. Thanks!

 

[SucioP]

This was my issue. A hour and some JB weld later and back in business.

Wiper motor failed - Fixed

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[UGA2018]

This was my issue. A hour and some JB weld later and back in business.

Wiper motor failed - Fixed

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Much appreciated! I'll start diving into the motor.

 

[BILT4ME]

Much appreciated! I'll start diving into the motor.

That was my issue also. I bought a replacement at O'Reilly's 13 years ago.

 

[Kernal]

Here's a link to a thread showing how the wiper motor comes apart. Since that thread I found another original wiper motor with the same issue: the interior of the steel case rusts causing the magnets to pop off.

IME the motors may or may not be salvageable by sticking the original magnets back in place.

Windshield wiper motor after 16 years and 300,000+ miles.

Thought I'd post up what I found when I pulled the original windshield wiper motor. It sometimes would run slower and was making a sorta growling noise which was more noticeable after I had removed the wiper arms. With the motor apart I found that the magnet on the bottom side of the case had...

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