Pics from my rear wiper motor swap

[corsair]

Ok well I haven't been around here for a while but I finally found these pics and Phil asked for them a long time ago but I couldn't find them but now I have. If you're doing this it's really easy and pretty straight forward, most online parts places stock these motors and I'm sure your local dealer does as well. This is also a great time to replace your rusty rear wiper arm because you know it looks like crap and even if you paint it the stupid thing will rust out within a year.

I don't have many pics and I don't really know why, I thought I took more, I take pics at request.

The gearbox of my motor was FUBAR-ed years ago and because I got the car I decided it needed to be fixed. The gearbox and motor is one big honkin assembly and to get to it you need to remove the inner trim panel on the back hatch and you have to remove your rear wiper. Note: removing the wiper is hard as hell if it has never been removed before.



here you can see what is basicalyl the easy part, you remove I think 9 trim pop thingys from the rear trim panel, remove your wiper blade, and the black trim piece that goes over the wiper arm



there is your nice trim panel complete with 1/4" of insulation
you can disconnect the electrical leads and what not, you probably could disconnect your battery but I live dangerously



stock up on your favorite lube, I had like 10 year old liquid wrench and this stuff sucks, I have seen P-Blaster work wonders first hand, get some



ok so I neglected to tell you how I removed the rear wiper

it's held on by a small nut that attaches to the stalk shown above, said nut holds on the wiper arm, if you have a sweet wiper arm removal tool you suck because I did it with brute force, stupidity, and luck (oh and a screwdriver)

be careful because you're basically putting a lot of pressure on the glass if you do it the ghetto way

ok so back to the picture up there, there is a large retaining nut on the dojoby motor thing and it is like 23mm or something ridiculous, adjustable wrenches are cool but if you have a thin walled socket (clears the washer nozzle) then go for it, once you remove that just let everything sit and open the hatch and get to work inside







ok so there are 3 pictures of the unmolested rear wiper motor, there are some plugs and stuff, unplug them, remove the motor with the 3-4 bolts on it (sorry it's been a while)



slide it down through the glass and now you have a sweet paper weight/door stop



the one on the right is the good one, I think, don't remove that foamy stuff, it's actually part of the assembly



ok so take your new motor, put it in the now empty spot where the old one was, hook it all up, and you're set

worst writeup ever I know but perhaps it'll help someone[/img]

[magicmike]

cool. and your right about that arm rusting like a mofo

[MY92]

I've just taken mine off this morning because I think the motor decided to give up. I'm going down to the wreckers to get one off another legacy today.

[AWD_addict]

Nice. I've just been de-rusting my arm and painting it every once in a while. Eventually I'll have to replace it.

[subawhatsubawho]

On the last one I tried to remove the shaft just spun when I tried to remove the large nut.

I just left it on when I parted the car out.

[MY92]

Is the rear wiper motor a common part for cars? i.e. generic. how much was a new one worth.

[entirelyturbo]

I seriously don't know why, but I was thinking you put a rear wiper on a sedan...

I've been driving the wagon all week too, and it's been raining so I've been using the rear wiper...

[corsair]

MY92, it's common enough to be carried by most American online auto parts supply houses however it isn't cheap at all as far as car parts go. I don't remember the bill but I remember it being quite pricey.

I'm glad the pics are still up, I thought my hosting contract had gone down. Sweet.

[MY92]

I replaced mine with one that I thought works, but all I get is when i turn the wiper on from the stalk is a click from the motor.