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Windshield Wiper Arm not moving
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<blockquote data-quote="Dean Hedin" data-source="post: 1019382" data-attributes="member: 57230"><p>One of my wipers stopped moving on my 2003 about two years ago.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It turned out to be that one of the little ball joints failed that connects the crank from the motor to the crank on the arm. The socket part of the ball joint is a plastic insert that is press fit into each end of the connection bar that goes from the motor crank to the wiper arms cranks.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The ball rusted a little and then started to eat the plastic cup out. I don't think it was greased very well from the factory. I cleaned up the ball and machined a new socket insert out of nylon on my lathe. Greased it, then pressed the ball into it with the bench vice. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's been fine ever since. Maybe you can get the part from Ford, but you might be better off scouting the bone yards for a replacement arm with the inserts. Otherwise you need a lathe, nylon, and the relevant skills.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Good Luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dean Hedin, post: 1019382, member: 57230"] One of my wipers stopped moving on my 2003 about two years ago. It turned out to be that one of the little ball joints failed that connects the crank from the motor to the crank on the arm. The socket part of the ball joint is a plastic insert that is press fit into each end of the connection bar that goes from the motor crank to the wiper arms cranks. The ball rusted a little and then started to eat the plastic cup out. I don't think it was greased very well from the factory. I cleaned up the ball and machined a new socket insert out of nylon on my lathe. Greased it, then pressed the ball into it with the bench vice. It's been fine ever since. Maybe you can get the part from Ford, but you might be better off scouting the bone yards for a replacement arm with the inserts. Otherwise you need a lathe, nylon, and the relevant skills. Good Luck. [/QUOTE]
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