wipers dont work

[Ophitoxaemia]

any place of common failure to look? im new to z cars so hoping i can get some likely places to start to look. apparently they worked within the last year.

thanks,

-james

[chocobosteve]

if the wipers won't work, your motor may have gone bad. hopefully this is not the case, as these are becoming hard to find, i hear. check the linkage, which should be located under the hood toward the windshield, and the motor is somewhere in the center, i believe.

[26ounce]

I think my wiper motor may have died also.

I checked the fuse and took a look at the wiring under the steering wheel. Seems everything there was in order.

I had a look at the wiper motor and found it encased in a plastic/rubber bag. Its also a bit tough to tell if the wiper motor is dead or not without a multimeter, I guess it is about time I bought one.

[Ophitoxaemia]

there must be some other motor that will work. ill look into it.

-james

[Victor Laury]

>James Wrote - there must be some other motor that will work. I'll look into it.

No doubt. Nissan is famous for using the same part in many cars.

The motor itself may be the same as the 510, 1200, 610 lines, but the drive/gearing/mounting will differ. But it should not be so hard to swap the motor between assemblies.

Disclaimer - Until I have them in front of me, this is just speculation!

Victor

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[2ManyZs]

Before you pull the wiper motor do a check on the wiper switch. They are prone to corrosion in the switch if left for a long period of time. My 71 has this problem with the headlight switch. If I left the car in the garage for a few months the lights wouldn't work until I had turned the switch off and on a few times. The wiper switch can and probably will do the same thing. If you have checked for current going to the switch and checked the fuse panel, check for current going out of the switch before going to the wiper motor.

You might be able to spray some electrical contact cleaner into the switch and see if that helps.

[26ounce]

Well I checked out all the electrics and everything was working, including the wiper motor when I removed the attachment to what I will call the "wiper levers".

I pulled the "wiper levers" out, and found that they were seized. They were seized in two places - both the swivels where the wiper arms attach. You know that nut on the bottom of the wipers that you undo to remove the wipers then it leaves two bolt ends sticking up, well both of them no longer rotate.

No amount of manipulating or WD40 would loosen them either, we even hit them with a hammer and heated them up. Looks like I'm off to a wreckers fairly damn soon.

For future reference, it seems that overspray may have been the culprit. Both the bolt ends had a coating of paint that covered important areas.

[Daniel]

Myself I have found wd40 to be kids stuff.Liquid wrench is what you want to soak them in.Also note very carefully how the linkage came off.Years ago I took mine out and on replacement decided that it really didn't make any difference.Brand new paint job,starts to sprinkle,I hit the wiper switch,wipers take off across my hood!! OUCH!!!Brand new scratch!!:eek: :sick: Daniel

[kmack]

I just cleaned mine recently. It's rather easy to do also.

Pull the motor and wiper arm assembly out of the cowling area and out of the car. Your wiper arm "pivots" are what is stuck. Put the pivot arm into a vise to hold it still. On the part of the shaft that the wiper blade arm attaches to, you'll see a small little snap-ring around the the shaft just above the pivot base. Take a small flat blade screwdriver and remove that snap-ring. Then slowly work the pivot base off of the pivot shaft.

This part is what will take you the longest. Depending on how gunked up the whole thing is will determine how hard it is to get off. You may need to work the pivot base off with pliers or Vise-Grips. Take you time and try not to hurt the base - it is aluminum.

Once you have the base removed, you'll see how badly rusted or otherwise caked-up the shaft is. Take some emory cloth (or 400-600 grit sandpaper) and clean up the shaft. A little WD-40, etc. will help work everything off. Trial fit the base back onto the shaft . If it doesn't spin on the shaft freely, then keep working.

Once you have it all cleaned up, re-assembly is reverse order. Make sure you grease the wiper arm shaft before putting the base back on. I used Lithium grease. The snap-ring should then just slide back on into it's groove.

Put the assembly back into the car and then get ready to go drive in the rain. Also make sure the little rubber boots that go over the shaft are in good condition and intact. Otherwise you need to do this all over again in a few years.

[26ounce]

Thanks guys, I'll try your advice tonight.

Got a good soaking this morning on the way to work. I had to walk to the bus stop in the rain while the Z stayed inside with no wipers. Sooner I fix these wipers the happier I will be.

After the wipers I will start workig on eliminating the exhaust fumes that keep getting inside the car. Found out yesterday that it is not a good idea to drive in a traffic jam with all the windows wound up, I started to feel a bit light headed for a while there:eek: