Thanks for the video. It gave me the confidence to do the job myself. One thing he did not mention, which I had to do on my 2004 Grand Am is that at minute 5:25 he is showing the part plastic that actually attaches to the wipe blade and make it swing. He said it is a friction fit and just bolt it down. Underneath those 2 parts on the old assembly is a brass ring with ridges on that is "pressed" on with ridges in it to hold those 2 pieces in place. I pounded out the bolt to get them out of the old unit and put a socket on the brass ring and put it in a vice to press it on the new unit.
oh man thank you so much for posting this video. the shop wanted to charge me $450 for this job. a 70 dollar part and an hour of my time is all it took. thanks man.
my friend fix those wiper motors, he opens it, clean its contacts, replace broken pieces if they are bad, lube them and blam the motor became alive its simply amazing 👍
I am having a similar problem with my 2004 Cavalier. My linkage is connected to the wiper motor on the passenger side, but the driver's side is disconnected. I noticed that there is no bushing in the hole for this driver side piece of the linkage. It looks something like the scene at 04:27. Do I just need to put another bushing on this driver side piece of linkage and fit it under where the passenger side's piece of linkage is connected to the wiper motor? I don't see anything to insert the bushing into or onto. Do I need another one of those black rubber boot like things to attach to it and then insert a new bushing into the boot like how the passenger's side of linkage is connected to the wiper motor?
I just fixed this same problem today on my 04 Cavalier, total cost.... $11.00 bought Dorman part number 49449 from AutoZone ( 2 packages of 2 bushings) Had to ream out the wiper arm holes a bit bigger but it worked. Firestone wanted $325.00 to replace the wiper transmission!!! $11 is better that $325!
+Toms Chevelle I am having the same problem. My linkage is connected to the wiper motor on the passenger side, but the driver's side is disconnected. I noticed that there is no bushing in the hole for this driver side piece of the linkage. It looks something like the scene at 04:27. Do I just need to put another bushing on this driver side piece of linkage and fit it under where the passenger side's piece of linkage is connected to the wiper motor? I don't see anything to insert the bushing into or onto. Do I need another one of those black rubber boot like things to attach to it and then insert a new bushing into the boot like how the passenger's side of linkage is connected to the wiper motor?
Wyatt, You just need the bushing if I am remembering this right. The wiper transmission is kinda crappy for the Cavaliers, not the tightest setup. I had to ream the hole larger and gently press it into place with a vice. I broke a set before getting it right. Make the hole too big and you just bought a new transmission for the wiper.
Bro, it worked. Thanks. I had an issue breaking a couple of those tabs on the outside edge. Winter time and very cold, I would suggest warming it up with a blow dryer and then tap it in the hole. Very brittle in the cold. Saved me $105 on the part only. Thanks again.
i got one for you. i just replaced this unit yesterday, and the wiper range works just fine, but the "Park position" the wipers sit real high on the windshield. When the wipers are working, they work as they should. Turn them off, and they sit at about a 30 to 40 degree angle on the glass.
you probably fitted the motor arm to the linkage with the motor in mid rotation. I always plug the motor in to reset its position before fitting to avoid this issue.
At about 4:30, you say "Probably get in here with a screwdriver or something and pop this off". Then the video cuts to after that has been done. I need to know how to do that missing part. I cannot for the life of me get those two pieces apart. Any suggestions would be much appreciated! Other than that, this video is spot on. Same exact steps for a 2005 Chevy Cavalier.
+Angela A. im having the same problem had to trim them down now dont know if they will work may go to auto zone n get some cotter pins n try that cant find those little plastic pieces anywher
But at least he got that last shot of himself in the car lol. All jokes aside, it at least help me see what parts inward dealing with. Before the video, I had no idea what those parts looked like.
Ok need help before I go nuts, 2004 Chevy cavalier, bought a new windshield wiper transmission from auto zone , then took the old one that it had both bushings worm out , removed the wiper motor attach it to the new link it, attach it back it, but that cover, attach the wiper arms tight and when I turned the wipers on , it moves upward once then back down and quit working again ,so re open up and re un installed everything every seems to move the right nothing loose and after re attach the same thing what I did wrong? How to fix this, thanks in advanced and email me the answer
My windshield wiper broke in the same place same model year and you didn't even show the plastic grommets you just replace the whole assembly and probably charged a lot more money to your customer
I cannot get the wipers off. Any thoughts on how I can easily get these wipers off? Do you need to take the hood also? LET me know how to get these suckers off its not as easy as you did it!!
+marcon jake canonoy I had the same trouble at first but then I figured out I was doing it wrong. I had to stand in front of the car with the hood open. Then it was like I was rotating the wiper blades ... pushing the left side down and pulling the right side up off the bolt. Pulling up on the right side wasn't enough; I had to add in that rotational motion. Not sure if that helps anyone else, but the technique worked for me.
Thanks for the video. It gave me the confidence to do the job myself. One thing he did not mention, which I had to do on my 2004 Grand Am is that at minute 5:25 he is showing the part plastic that actually attaches to the wipe blade and make it swing. He said it is a friction fit and just bolt it down. Underneath those 2 parts on the old assembly is a brass ring with ridges on that is "pressed" on with ridges in it to hold those 2 pieces in place. I pounded out the bolt to get them out of the old unit and put a socket on the brass ring and put it in a vice to press it on the new unit.
oh man thank you so much for posting this video. the shop wanted to charge me $450 for this job. a 70 dollar part and an hour of my time is all it took. thanks man.
my friend fix those wiper motors, he opens it, clean its contacts, replace broken pieces if they are bad, lube them and blam the motor became alive
its simply amazing 👍
Great video with the right amount of details. Thank you.
Dan Keck my 2004 pontiac grandprix the wiper blades stop in the upper position how do i fix it help please
Same process for 2005 Sunfire??
Thx bud really help get the job done!
thank you . saved me a bundle
I am having a similar problem with my 2004 Cavalier. My linkage is connected to the wiper motor on the passenger side, but the driver's side is disconnected. I noticed that there is no bushing in the hole for this driver side piece of the linkage. It looks something like the scene at 04:27. Do I just need to put another bushing on this driver side piece of linkage and fit it under where the passenger side's piece of linkage is connected to the wiper motor? I don't see anything to insert the bushing into or onto. Do I need another one of those black rubber boot like things to attach to it and then insert a new bushing into the boot like how the passenger's side of linkage is connected to the wiper motor?
I just fixed this same problem today on my 04 Cavalier, total cost.... $11.00 bought Dorman part number 49449 from AutoZone ( 2 packages of 2 bushings) Had to ream out the wiper arm holes a bit bigger but it worked. Firestone wanted $325.00 to replace the wiper transmission!!! $11 is better that $325!
+Toms Chevelle I am having the same problem. My linkage is connected to the wiper motor on the passenger side, but the driver's side is disconnected. I noticed that there is no bushing in the hole for this driver side piece of the linkage. It looks something like the scene at 04:27. Do I just need to put another bushing on this driver side piece of linkage and fit it under where the passenger side's piece of linkage is connected to the wiper motor? I don't see anything to insert the bushing into or onto. Do I need another one of those black rubber boot like things to attach to it and then insert a new bushing into the boot like how the passenger's side of linkage is connected to the wiper motor?
Wyatt, You just need the bushing if I am remembering this right. The wiper transmission is kinda crappy for the Cavaliers, not the tightest setup. I had to ream the hole larger and gently press it into place with a vice. I broke a set before getting it right. Make the hole too big and you just bought a new transmission for the wiper.
Bro, it worked. Thanks. I had an issue breaking a couple of those tabs on the outside edge. Winter time and very cold, I would suggest warming it up with a blow dryer and then tap it in the hole. Very brittle in the cold. Saved me $105 on the part only. Thanks again.
i got one for you. i just replaced this unit yesterday, and the wiper range works just fine, but the "Park position" the wipers sit real high on the windshield. When the wipers are working, they work as they should. Turn them off, and they sit at about a 30 to 40 degree angle on the glass.
you probably fitted the motor arm to the linkage with the motor in mid rotation. I always plug the motor in to reset its position before fitting to avoid this issue.
At about 4:30, you say "Probably get in here with a screwdriver or something and pop this off". Then the video cuts to after that has been done. I need to know how to do that missing part. I cannot for the life of me get those two pieces apart. Any suggestions would be much appreciated!
Other than that, this video is spot on. Same exact steps for a 2005 Chevy Cavalier.
+Angela A. im having the same problem had to trim them down now dont know if they will work may go to auto zone n get some cotter pins n try that cant find those little plastic pieces anywher
You totally missed videoing both opportunities when fixing the part that was broken
But at least he got that last shot of himself in the car lol. All jokes aside, it at least help me see what parts inward dealing with. Before the video, I had no idea what those parts looked like.
Ok need help before I go nuts, 2004 Chevy cavalier, bought a new windshield wiper transmission from auto zone , then took the old one that it had both bushings worm out , removed the wiper motor attach it to the new link it, attach it back it, but that cover, attach the wiper arms tight and when I turned the wipers on , it moves upward once then back down and quit working again ,so re open up and re un installed everything every seems to move the right nothing loose and after re attach the same thing what I did wrong? How to fix this, thanks in advanced and email me the answer
So you replaced the whole linkage, $100 average, for a brushing that was broken?
Anyone know how the washer hose come off do you just pull the hose off that tee there
thank you
You did not show what was broken. Thanks
Exactly
Also skip cut over the most important parts....how to disassemble and reassemble things. "here is car. It broke. I fix. Here fixed car"
My windshield wiper broke in the same place same model year and you didn't even show the plastic grommets you just replace the whole assembly and probably charged a lot more money to your customer
my 2004 pontiac grandprix wiper blades get stuck in the upper position when i shut them off .how do i fix it HELP PLEASE
What part exactly did you have to replace? I'm tryna find out what I'm ordering..
fisheybone26 Not sure exactly but I think it was the whole wiper motor assembly, that is wiper transmission with motor attached.
Mines stuck under the passenger side thing might have to break plastic to get it out
my wipers work on high. they work on the other settings sometime. why?
You’re not very thorough in your explanations.
I cannot get the wipers off. Any thoughts on how I can easily get these wipers off? Do you need to take the hood also? LET me know how to get these suckers off its not as easy as you did it!!
Pat Zick I think if you shut the hood then you can fold it and work it off.
Fixing cars and stuff I think I need a wiper puller can you recommend one?
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You should list the tools
Mine is also the same but I can't pull my wipers off
+marcon jake canonoy I had the same trouble at first but then I figured out I was doing it wrong. I had to stand in front of the car with the hood open. Then it was like I was rotating the wiper blades ... pushing the left side down and pulling the right side up off the bolt.
Pulling up on the right side wasn't enough; I had to add in that rotational motion.
Not sure if that helps anyone else, but the technique worked for me.
Video kinda sucks..
I can't pull my wipers