Wipers have stopped working

[grinder]

Well wipers packed in again today

Got the motor off but its bloody stiff to move .. I think its a gonner

whats annoying , it was working for the first 10 mins of driving and then just stopped in the middle of the windscreen

Anyone got a S5 wiper motor for sale

[shaunwil]

Is it something you can get rebuilt (if nobody has a spare).

Rockauto may stock a new one if you want to splurge 

Shaun

[grinder]

not sure how to get into it to see what's wrong to be honest

will have another play tomorrow , the motor is I the garage at the mo - spent over an hour trying to free it off

Got the battery on charge that I was using , seeing if getting some more "oomph" into that might help

It moves about every 10 tries and then just stops and you get some serious arching off the terminals

[boosted]

Has it got a thermal cut out on the motor? And after 10 turns that cuts out....might need greasing up....? Motor gb and all linkage.

[grinder]

no idea , its just really stiff .. you cant wind the arm without some serious force

im more shocked that it worked and then stopped .. I would have thought that it just wouldn't work

It didn't even blow the fuse in the fuse box

I will have another look tomorrow .. and then if that doesn't work .. need to locate a new wiper motor

[boosted]

Sounds like motor has thermal cut out switch...does sound like summit ceasing up ....can you seperate motor from linkage and try linkage by hand. ?

[TiddlesRX7]

Lube and lots of it if you can get into the pesky thing.

[grinder]

getting into it is the challenge

And then working out if it has to go back with the arm a certain way or what .. or does it not matter as its where the wipers sit makes them sweep the screen

[grinder]

well took it apart and its still got all the grease in it from the factory so that's a good sign

took the actual motor apart and one of the magnets is broken in half , so Im assuming that its toast ?!?!

Got it back together ( now that's fiddly with the bushes ) - put power to it and it worked

Got the girlfriend to witness my awesomeness and its stopped working again

So I don't think its fixable ( esp with the split magnet )

SOOOOOOOOOOO does anyone have a S5 wiper motor , or does an FD one fit ( as per my other post )

Cheers

Stu

[boosted]

When you had the motor out did you try the the linkage movement ?

[grinder]

yeah its all smooooooooth

I think that :

1 - the magnet is broke in 2 ( the other is OK )
2 - its not attached to the housing

means its shot ( well I think it is )

Im pretty sure ( after some googling ) that the magnets are supposed to be glued into the housing so that they don't move , im assuming one has come loose when the wipers were on and then split

so I either need a new wiper motor .. OR .. I try and find a similar motor with the housing and see if I can swap that .. the mx5 one looks very similar but I have no idea of the size of one , or going to see if someone can rebuild it ( there must be an auto place near by that might have spare magnets .. ive looked all over and no idea where you can buy one from )

im sure someone on here deals with MX5's ( steve ?? ) so might try and contact him and see if can get some measurements from a MX5 one

[shaunwil]

There's a chap on blackpool road in preston that rebuilds alternators, he may be able to help.

Shaun

[grinder]

tried a few places that rebuild starter motors and alternators , and they have all said that they cant source the magnets .. so im up a creek with no paddle and no boat !

That's why I was wondering if I could salvage the housing from a FD etc.. and hope that it fits !?!?

I just need the round canister on the bottom with the magnets

[boosted]

Jimmys on ebay have 3 for sale...60 squids for motor and linkage.

[boosted]

Aw shucks....for an fb though....?