Wiper motor position

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Wiper motor position

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I have vacuum wipers on my M-38 and I believe the flat of the motor should be down but my manual handles are also down. They should be up I believe. Can the handles be switched?
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Dave51 wrote:Can the handles be switched?
Piece of cake-pull the front mount plate and carefully knock out the small pin from the arm to shaft, reverse the arm and re-assemble.
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Thanks Rick, I found the pin but they are tight. I'll let them soak in WD40 and see if they will come loose.
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support the shaft really well and lightly tap the pin with the appropriate size punch. mine slid right out.
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I tried to remove the ones on my original motors, but they wouldn't budge. I didn't even try on my replacement (m151) motors - I just mounted them upside down. I guess when I run out of stuff to work on I'll go back and start working on stuff like that.
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Mine won't budge either. Winter project.
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