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Hi,I have a hx and the windscreen wipers wont return to their resting position when switched off,I have to switch them off manually at the right moment to have them in their proper position.Have tried two different combination switch stalks so thats not the problem,can anyone shed some light on this or have any other ideas.What actually makes them return to their resting place when you switch them off?
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Thr factory shop manual goes into thisI thnk. Wll check. MyQ ones are the sdame. The return circuit is actually in the wiper motor and I think you have to clean the contacts or something like that.
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Pretty sure this is caused by a faulty earth. Undo the brass earth strap & give it a good clean, then re-attach.
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my hq does this, the wipers also stop while i use the washer then start again when i stop the washer
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I have the same problem plus my second speed wont work.
Must be a HX thing LOL
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I bought a dead one from the wrecker for $5 just to pull apart, and the return is a metal-to-metal contact that would very easily get grease and gunk in it.
When I get around to it, I'll be taking my good one apart, and cleaning the contacts - I'm s
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The wiper motor switches the "earth" side and this is why it has an earth strap on the motor and the switch itself.
the strap is for returning to the stop position, there is a metal cam that a contact "switches" until it returns
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Just gave your idea a shot Warren and still no luck.....So i had a good look at my gregorys manual still no good...........Grabed a battery some wire started to fiddle around got it to work.SILLY ME PULLED THE WIREING APART DURING EFI CONVERSION AND GROUN
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Just spent the afternoon going over the qwipers, they were going very slow, no slow speed at all, and erratic, pulled the blades off and took scuttle thing off, poured WD40 and then oil on everything, and had them running fo 10 minutes or so, keeping the
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John,
I have found that just running the wipers with the arms removed and gently squirting WD40 onto the wiper pivot post as it turns back and forth will eventually find it's way down the axle and will lubricate (and get rid of that horrible grindin
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That's basically what I did, but it doesn't run down to the pivot thing .
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