96 FORD EXPLORER WINDSHEILD WIPERS WONT WORK. I CAN HEAR THE MOTOR TRYING BUT THE WIPERS WONT MOVE. ALSO ONE OF THE WIPER ARMS FEEL LOOSE BUT ITS ATTACHED ALL THE WAY ON.

It Sounds Like, Either The Arms Are Loose ,If You Can Hear Something Moving Behind The Dash,
Or The Linkages Are Seized ,If The Motor Just Hums No Movement Heard,In Which Case Try Spraying Q 20 On The Linkage And Try Moving The Wiper Arms By Hand To Get It Going Again,
If Not The Motor May Just Be Burn;t Out.

you need to replace the wipers all together

Check to see if the nut is tight on the wiper down at the bottom, secondly turn the wipers on and put your ear down by the wipers to see if you can hear the motor moving. If you hear the motor moving the arms under the plastic sheathing have seperated. Try the nut first see if that fixes your problem then try the rest.

the ball joint may have snapped inside so the motor is no longer attached to the arm, has it been used in freezing conditions? often they snap this way, also the ball joint may have just popped off, you will ned to open it up, they are fairly straight forward so the problem would be obvious once open.

Regards
Dan

Pop the plastic cap off the wiper arm and tighten the nut that holds the arm on .

the arms going to the wipers are broken they are called the transmission arms see if there is a clip that holds them to the motor or maybe a bolt has worked its way loose if not replace the transmission for the wipers

the wiper transmission they call it between the wiper motor and the wiper arms are stripped or broken
a replacement is needed

one motor, remove the arm & hope the rotating asy isn't worn smooth. if it is you will have to remove both wiper arms & the front cowl then replace all the worn parts & reassemble the vehicle

sHUT WIPERS OFF AND ALLOW THEM TO PARK

















Shut wipers off & allow them to stop in what should be park position. Now lift caps at pivots, loosen nuts, lift arm slightly and move it to bottom of windsheild, where you feel it was before when off. Now tighten nuts (snug) and do same to other arm. Now turn them on,let them wipe a couple of times then shut off again and see where they stop, if good snug up nuts, snap cap back over & done, if not, repeat as above on movement where you want it.

hi if your can hear it running and all the arms are attatched from the motor to the wiper arm assembley then look at the main arm that comes from the motor where it is bolted on see if its tighted up if so turn your wipers on and watch the main arm nut which is fastened to the motor see if the nut if moving but not the arm as it will be held by splines and these wear off if the nut is not moving and you are sure the motors running then you need to get a new motor