Can see that rod is completly off. I don't know how to get better access to it.
Remove the wiper arms first of all by pulling back the locking tab at the mounting area of the arm. Pull straight off then remove the plastic cowl vent to gain access to the wiper linkage
SOURCE: 1995 Ford Explorer
You must remove the cowl cover over the likage, it is held in place with screws on the underside of hood top of firewall, then slide it out carefully from under the windshiel seal, tape the fender top edges so you won't scrstch them up.
SOURCE: 1998 f150 ford wipe linkage
I had a similar problem the plastic in front of the windshield is the cowl. to remove it I had to pop plastic cover over nuts holding wiper arms. remove them then remove all the screws and two plastic pop retainers and a rubber strip and a number of slide on clips to remove the two piece cowl then remove the electrical plug on the motor and three hex head screws holding the assembly in place (if you extend the linkage toward passenger side it will be easier to remove the assembly) you can get
replacement bushings on line at www.rockauto.com I couldn't find them locally here but did find them
on line . the ones I got are wiper linkage bushings help part no 49451 they are difficult to remove so I cut the worn ones off then used a proper sized socket and c clamp to install the new ones
bigbobpa
SOURCE: Wiper problem 2002 ford explorer
SOUND LIKE WIPER MOTOR LINKAGE AND PIVOTS BINDING.LUBRICATE THE LINKAGE AND PIVOTS WITH WD-40 TO SEE IF IT HELPS.IF NOT.REPLACE LINKAGE AND PIVOTS.
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