Phaedras Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 Alright, so my plan to explore my car by taking random things apart probably wasn't all that great. I unscrewed the cap of the wiper motor for kicks, pulled it off less than an inch, but once I saw it was a generator of sorts I pushed it back on and rescrewed. 'Course now I know what it is, and now my wipers blow a fuse every time I hit the switch for a millisecond. Do I need to buy a new assembly or can I just rearrange the components inside the motor housing? Can someone hook me up with a new motor if all else fails? These things are horribly expensive...:-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishy75 Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 maybe curiosity will fix it too:lol: sounds like an electrical short - maybe a good jiggling will fix it again. You know cats do have 9 lives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar Posted December 16, 2004 Share Posted December 16, 2004 This is how you learn, and sometimes it is the hard way, but it helps you discover how things work. You may have pinched a wire when you pushed the case back together. You really don't have much to lose now, I would go back inside and look things over. This is a motor really but they can generate a voltage also if you crank the shaft and have a magnetic field. Make sure no wires are touching the case ground. It shouldn't be too difficult to fix this. You should be able to get a used one at a salvage yard if you can't get this one going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthWet Posted December 16, 2004 Share Posted December 16, 2004 I haven't opened up my Soob's wiper, but have done other Japanese units. Yes, it is usually possible to put it back together, it jsut needs some patience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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