After doing a little online research I determined that I needed to replace my windshield wiper motor. Here's how I did it.
Job: Replace windshield wiper motor.
Time it took me: about 2 hours.
Time it could've taken me: 45 minutes.
Total cost: about 100 bucks.
First thing's first. Here are the tools you're going to need:
A phillips head screwdriver.
A phillips head screwdriver.
A 7/16" socket.
A T27 hex wrench.
A 10mm crescent wrench.The wiper motor looks like this:
You can find it here:
The first step is to take the wipers off. This was kind of a pain in the butt for me but it's really quite simple. There's a tab at the pivot point of the wipers. Lift the wiper arm up and slide the tab out. It won't pull all the way out, it stops itself. Now, just pull the wiper off. A good idea at autozone.com is to put something in the space created when you pull the wiper arm out so that it's easier to put back on. I got stuck on this part for a loooong time because my wiper arms were so stubborn at the pivot. I eventually had to throw a washcloth over the base of the arm and pull it off with vice grip pliers.
There are about 8 or 9 screws that you'll have to take out with your phillip's head to take the cowl off.
All that's really under the cowl is the wiper motor so everything you see under it is relevant. As you can see, the washer fluid hoses are still attached so give those a pull and they'll come right off. The motor is held in place by a few bars, the linkage. The linkage is attached to the body of the jeep. You'll need the hex wrench to detach it from the jeep. What you'll end up pulling out looks like this:
It's no picnic getting this thing out either. It's crammed in there and I'm pretty sure there's only one possible way of maneuvering it so that it comes out.
Now all you have to do is unscrew the motor from the linkage, put the new motor on, and put it all back together again. When I pulled my motor out I realized I may not have had to even replace the motor altogether. Here's what I found:
The triangle of holes is where the screws attach the motor to the linkage. One of my screws had come out about a half an inch. This prevented the motor from completing a full turn. All I really had to do was screw that in and I'm almost 100% positive that that would've fixed my problem. I could've tried it and if it worked I could've gotten my money back for the new motor, but oh well.
And I think that's it. I'll put a few more pictures up.
The box for my new wiper motor!
The back side of the motor attached to the linkage.
The first step is to take the wipers off. This was kind of a pain in the butt for me but it's really quite simple. There's a tab at the pivot point of the wipers. Lift the wiper arm up and slide the tab out. It won't pull all the way out, it stops itself. Now, just pull the wiper off. A good idea at autozone.com is to put something in the space created when you pull the wiper arm out so that it's easier to put back on. I got stuck on this part for a loooong time because my wiper arms were so stubborn at the pivot. I eventually had to throw a washcloth over the base of the arm and pull it off with vice grip pliers.
There are about 8 or 9 screws that you'll have to take out with your phillip's head to take the cowl off.
All that's really under the cowl is the wiper motor so everything you see under it is relevant. As you can see, the washer fluid hoses are still attached so give those a pull and they'll come right off. The motor is held in place by a few bars, the linkage. The linkage is attached to the body of the jeep. You'll need the hex wrench to detach it from the jeep. What you'll end up pulling out looks like this:
It's no picnic getting this thing out either. It's crammed in there and I'm pretty sure there's only one possible way of maneuvering it so that it comes out.
Now all you have to do is unscrew the motor from the linkage, put the new motor on, and put it all back together again. When I pulled my motor out I realized I may not have had to even replace the motor altogether. Here's what I found:
The triangle of holes is where the screws attach the motor to the linkage. One of my screws had come out about a half an inch. This prevented the motor from completing a full turn. All I really had to do was screw that in and I'm almost 100% positive that that would've fixed my problem. I could've tried it and if it worked I could've gotten my money back for the new motor, but oh well.
And I think that's it. I'll put a few more pictures up.
The box for my new wiper motor!
The back side of the motor attached to the linkage.
