Take off the wiper arms, turn off wipers then put the arms back on about 3 inches above the rubber seal on the bottom of the windshield. Unless you didn't put the linkage on correctly when you removed it. Mine sits towards the driverside on the motor.
If one wants to replace a wiper linkage there are a few steps involved. Pull the wiper arm away from the windshield until the arm locks in vertical position. Unbolt the nut that holds the wiper arm to the linkage and pull the wiper arm off the linkage. Open the hood and unbolt the wiper motor and slide the motor off of the linkage. One then will remove the wiper linkage and install a new one.
A wiper motor cannot just be installed, you must also adjust the linkage. With the wiper motor in place and the linkage disconnected, turn the wiper motor ON briefly while you watch the motion of the motor shaft, then turn it off and let it seek it's natural "park" location. Now operate the wipers manually by moving the linkage, and before you connect the linkage to the motor, make sure the linkage is in the right position and will operate properly.
You have to remove the linkage from the wiper motor.
The wiper arms have disconnected from the wiper motor. How do you reconnect them?
Its your linkage, not your motor.
The car wipers should not stay up but return to their original position. The wipers will stay up if the wiper motor, the wiper controller and the wiper linkage are faulty.
Broken linkage? Disconeccted linkage? EDIT::: The most likely cause is a bad wiper control module, its attached to the wiper motor
How to replace wiper motor on a 1998 montero sport mitsubishi
# Remove the wiper arms and blade assemblies. # Remove the cowl panel. # Remove the pivot shaft mounting nuts and push the pivot shaft toward the inside. # Remove the wiper motor mounting bolts. # Disconnect the linkage from the motor and remove. To Install: # Lubricate the wiper linkage. # Connect the wiper linkage to the motor. # Install the wiper motor to the firewall. # Pull the pivot shaft into position and install the pivot shaft mounting nuts. Tighten to 7-11 ft. lbs. (10-15 Nm). # Install the cowl panel. # Install the wiper arm and blade assemblies. # Check wipers for proper operation.
You need to remove the wiper motor and linkage assembly. Then disconnect the motor from the linkage, and turn on the wipers, to see if the motor is running or not. Then when you have the linkage out, manaully move back and forth to see if its binding or not. Usually a bad motor. Unfortunately, MB seems to have many problems with the wiper blade motors.
In many cars, there is only a single wiper motor. One wiper arm is attached directly to the wiper motor and the other through a linkage. If one is working, the motor is operating but the connection to the other may be broken.
Remove the wiring harness from the wiper motor. Remove the wiper arm linkage. Remove the wiper motor retaining bolts. Reverse the process to install the new wiper motor.