Windshield Wiper System: Installing

-- Insert the wiper motor and control module into the openings -arrows- inside the linkage, into the wiper frame.

Fig 1: Locating Recesses In Linkage

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-- Install the retaining plate -1- and the bolts -arrows-.

Fig 2: Locating Retaining Plate And Mounting Bolts

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-- Tighten the bolts -arrows- to the tightening specification given in the overview. Refer to WINDSHIELD WIPER SYSTEM OVERVIEW .

-- Mount the motor crank -4- onto the windshield wiper motor shaft -2- so that the three points -1-, -2- and -3- are in a line.

Fig 3: Identifying Motor Crank -4-, Wiper Motor Shaft -2- And Alignment Of Points -1 To 3-

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-- Tighten the motor crank -2- with the nut -1-.

Fig 4: Identifying Motor Crank -2- And Nut -1-

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-- Tighten the nut -1- to the tightening specification given in the overview. Refer to WINDSHIELD WIPER SYSTEM OVERVIEW .

-- Push the ball head -arrow- on the linkage -1- onto the motor crank.

Fig 5: Identifying Ball Head And Linkage At Motor Crank

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-- Install the wiper frame in reverse order.

-- Tighten all threaded connections to the tightening specification. Refer to WINDSHIELD WIPER SYSTEM OVERVIEW .

-- Connect the connector to the Windshield Wiper Motor -V-.

-- Install the plenum chamber cover. Refer to PLENUM CHAMBER COVER .

-- Connect the battery. Refer to battery in engine compartment BATTERY, DISCONNECTING AND CONNECTING or battery in luggage compartment BATTERY, DISCONNECTING AND CONNECTING .

-- Install wiper arms. Refer to WIPER ARMS .