CJ7 Windshield Wiper Problem

There is a spring clip under the arm you push with a small screwdriver or pliers and use a flat screw driver to lever the arm off it's spline. A spray of penetrating oil is a good idea.

It then just slips back on in the right place.

Mike

Jay Stuler wrote:

pointing the wrong direction.

the driver's side one was pointing right.

middle of a blizzard and I was anxious to get out of

flopped below the windshield.

but it doesn't seem to do any good.

to be no way to change the position of the wiper

are too far away.

pointing the wrong direction.

the driver's side one was pointing right.

middle of a blizzard and I was anxious to get out of

flopped below the windshield.

but it doesn't seem to do any good.

to be no way to change the position of the wiper

are too far away.

Thanks guys. Why aren't you ever in the garage when I'm trying to figure this stuff out.

Jay Stuler proclaimed:

You'll need to lure them in with a beer whose scent carries further.

I assume from his last response, your suggestion fixed him up. But, along the same lines, do you know of any way to make them that way on purpose and properly? I don't mean just putting the wipers on the stems wrong, I mean instead of my wipers being like normal ( // ) I want them to be together at the middle ( /\ ) so that both driver and passenger have an unobstructed view. I'm about to replace the wiper motor so I'll be in there with the guts anyway. It seems like I should be able to simply move the linkage. Anybody done this?

Do you mean to make them do this?

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You'd have to redesign the linkage and reposition the wiper mounts. As it came from the factory, the motor drives a gear box that drives a connecting rod attached to a bell crank on the left wiper. The right wiper is driven by a bell crank and connecting rod from the left wiper.

Getting the wipers to move in opposite directions might be as easy as inverting the right hand bell crank, but the wipers will probably interfere with each other unless you move one of them, and that means making a new connecting rod.

FWIW, I repositioned the "Park" switch on my motor to make them park to the other side. I like the way they wipe better that way.

Or, you could install single-arm vacuum-operated wiper motors...

-- "I defer to your plainly more vivid memories of topless women with whips....r" R. H. Draney recalls AFU in the Good Old Days.

The linkages are extremely touchy about the angles inside too. They will jam really easy if the alignment isn't perfect. The movement is almost over center on each side as it is so some major parts work would be needed.

Mike

Lee Ayrt>

Yes Lee, that's what I want.

Actually Mike, I have a YJ w> The linkages are extremely touchy about the angles inside too. They

The extra wire on the YJ motor is likely the ground. The CJ motor grounds through the hinges which can get iffy. Here is a trick, try adding a ground wire direct to the CJ wiper motor. Mine doubled in speed when I did this.

And yes, you would have to change the pivot hole's place to use the stock linkage upside down. Good luck....

Mike

Clap Trap wrote:

Thinking about it more, you might not have to reposition the wiper mount, if you can get the blades to interleave when they come to the center. You know, left before right.

-- "I defer to your plainly more vivid memories of topless women with whips....r" R. H. Draney recalls AFU in the Good Old Days.

The linkages are across the bottom so to move the long one to the top would mean a longer arm or a closer hole.

The only way I know to successfully move the hole is to cut out the whole piece about 2" high by 4" long with the hole in the middle and move the whole works. The holes are up on dimples and the linkage 'will' jam up if they aren't perfectly square on that dimple.

I had to move the hole on my aftermarket frame, they put the dimple just slightly in the wrong place so the linkage jams up. Thankfully I had a spare hole from my old frame that I hadn't tossed out.

Mike

Lee Ayrt>