windshield wiper

1999 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE
140,000 MILES • 6 CYL
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PINKGIGI
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My windshield wipers work on all setting but remain up when they are shut off. What do I do to fix this?
Feb 19, 2011 at 10:57 PM
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PROTECH1980
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Your windshield wiper motor is mounted to a bracket that has a little metal tab on it that the crank arm assembly has to hit in order to park the wipers, in a lot of cases this park tab in either bent or broken, and if bent can be adjusted.


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