Hey guys (and gals...) I posted this in the Dodge forum, but there doesn't seem to be a response. Since we have a bunch of bright, inquisitive people here who may have had an issue with this (ART!!!) I'll post it here. Maybe someone has seen this problem and knows a quick fix:
Another engineer I'd like to punch in the nose, but that's for another thread:
1992 Plym Grand Voyager: this morning in a raging snowstorm the pass side windshied wiper stopped working. It appeared as though (from the sound) the linkage came undone. I removed the cowling, etc and found that was just what happened. The assembly is the wiper, a thing that looks like a knob with a shaft on it, and the end of the shaft is knurled. There was also a spring washer resting under the whole mess in the cowling.
I pressed it all back together using two blocks of wood. The way it went together I didn't think it was ever coming apart again. It lasted all of 27 minutes.
What is supposed to attach to the bottom of the splined shaft? is there a screw or clip I'm missing, or is it perhaps just worn to the point where it doesn't hold anymore?
TIA