A short tutorial on how to wire up a windshield wiper motor including the park feature. Off position will park the wipers.
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Park switch wiper motor. Once you turn the wiper motor off the motor still needs voltage to return the wipers back to the park position. Like other motors the wiper motor rotates continuously in one direction which is converted into a back and forth motion. This is the part that activates the switch from the previous photo see photo 4. A if there is no voltage present then the problem lies within the dash switch the power feed to the dash switch or the wiring between the dash switch and the wiper motor. Then you likely need to replace the windscreen wiper park switch located on the wiper motor. Wiper motors are devices in the wiper system that functions on a power supply in order to move the wiper blades in a smooth motion.
Inside the motorgear assembly is an electronic circuit that senses when the wipers are in their down position. By gripping the gearwheel in one hand and rapping on the end of the center shaft with a small hammer the gear need only be separated a small distance from the wheel. This is the switch that is operated by a cam on the underside of the gear wheel. Wiper motor will continue to operate with switch in off position 1. Also has low speed and high speed toggle. The worm gear reduction can multiply the torque of the motor by about 50 times while slowing the output speed of the electric motor by 50 times as well.
A separate wire provides that voltage until it reaches the park position and then the switch breaks the connection. Check for continuity to ground at the terminal with the black wire. The output of the gear reduction operates a linkage that moves the wipers back and forth. It keeps power to the motor until the wipers come to the parked position then cuts power. Inside the wiper motor is a park switch. The part number for the wiper park switch that i found for my.
This is an easy 10 minute job to replace. Connect a second jumper wire from terminal p1 to battery. Remove wire connector and connect jumper wire from motor terminal l to terminal p2. Notice the cam pointer. With the wiper switch in the high position check for voltage at the terminal with the ulg wire. We use a lot of these in our halloween scares for our walk through haunted house.
Gallery of Park Switch Wiper Motor
