Hey, I was was driving through the highway today in the rain and both my wipers suddenly stopped working, I pulled over and checked it out and the they have power and the motor seems to move except the wipers don't....any ideas of what could be the problem? a connection thats come undone maybe? if so where do i start to check
Thanks Tommy

 

There's this weird spline fitting thing that goes into a loop on the end of a rod for most windshield wipers. It attaches to the end of the wiper motor. On my old supra, the wiper motor was in the engine compartment up against the firewall, but that rod was behind a wall at the back of the engine bay near the bottom of the windshield. It was a big pain in the ass to work with, and if you get it attached wrong your wipers will go all crazy so be careful. It should have marks to line things up. If this is your problem, see if you can find a service manual to guide you through it. It's not too hard or anything, but getting the spline thing aligned is pretty important or your wipers may scratch something.

Edit: added detail

 

I checked the motor and it seems fine, how do you take the wipers off so I can pull off the plastic guard that covers the motor to have a better look

 

check to make sure the bolts to hold your wipers on are torqued to spec. If they arent tightened they they dont work from what I understand. Somone may be able to correct me if Im wrong, but the guy who changed my windsheild told me to make sure I torqued my wipers down when i got home since i had them off when i took it in. Hope it helps.

-Ian

 

I tried that but still nothing thanks though, when i move the wipers by hand while there on and stretch them till there almost vertical it makes a loud noise from the motor like something inside isn't grabbing to make them move

 

Problem fixed, the clips that hold the arms in place came off..pretty simple fix in the end
thanks