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Originally Posted by jbc426
I don't think that's it, because the wipers cycle lower than where they are parked when I turn them on.
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That's because when the motor starts running, the crank arm is going to the point that the arm SHOULD be in when the motor is parked. You can put the crank arm on the motor shaft in any position you want, but only one position is correct. Someone could goof this up to the point that the wiper arms will be right up by the windshield pillar, it doesn't really matter. Nothing can get damaged. The wipers will just keep on cycling and nothing will happen. The only thing that can happen is what YOU have, the arms arent' parking in the proper position because the crank arm is NOT in the correct position. I believe it should be put on so that when the motor is PARKED (which is what the mechanic probably had wrong, it wasn't parked) the crank arm should point towards the center of the car (90 degrees flat). I could be wrong, it possibly should face to the left (opposite direction of what I said, but I believe it should be horizontal one way or the other).
Gilly