Wiper help

[mickey356]

OK, of course it's been raining nonstop here for 4 days and of course my wipers just stopped working all of a sudden.
Doing a little investigative work I found the wiper pivot arm disconnected from the stem on the motor, nut must have come off. I can't find the nut, long gone. Anyway, I slipped the pivot arm back on the stem and tried the wipers to make sure all was OK, but the stem just spun around in the arm. I think it's stripped. Does it have to be fastend down tight? I'd of thought that would be bad as the arm actually needs to move freely.

In the picture you;ll see the tab that connects the wiper arm to the stem on the motor, it's that little slightly bent metal piece with the hole in it. I think that's supposed to have threads in it but it looks pretty clean.
If this is the case is there anywhere I can find on of those? Or is there a solution/fix?
Thanks, Mickey

[Joe Bob]

You lost the nut from the arm that goes thru that hole.....find the arm by turn on the motor......reunite, put a nut and washer on it, tighten, put the gauge back in the hole....drive the ride....you can reposition the wipers to the passenger side if you prefer.

A common modification.

[steely]

should be fastened down tight - the lever should rotate about the motor drive shaft.

[mholbrook38]

While you are in there doing that, be careful not to dislodge the ground wire from the bottom of the wiper motor. This will also cause a big headache to try to find later. Otherwise fairly simple. The nut and washer that came off probably are somewhere on the floor...

[mickey356]

As always, thank you very much! I'll get on it this weekend. I've been wanting to switch the wipers to the pass side anyway.

[Joe Bob]

Good Luck...should be easy. The nut is 10mm is I remember.....if you have spare metric stuff....5 minute job. Grab a beer and report back, NOW SOLDIER!!!!!!