Mitsubishi: windshield wipers broke

So there I was driving along the other day in a bad rain storm and the
passenger side windshield wiper just stopped working. First I thought the
blade came loose, but the arm had just stopped working. Now when I turn
them on the driver's side works properly, but the passenger's side wiper
just sits there. Please help me out here.

"justcurious" <com> wrote in message
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Mitsubishi's from at least 93 onwards have more or less the same system. The
wiper pivots are connected with rods that have a snap-on plastic socket over
a hard steel ball on the pivot arm.

The plastic parts wear out eventually, and sometime fall off. These plastic
parts are of course not an available spare, so you have to fix or replace
with a part from a wrecker. I've found that its sometime necessary to glue
the part back into the rod, then make a clamp out of some 26G steel. This
clamp hooks round the end of the rod, and is bolted with an M4 to the rod.
There's a hole in the rod that can be used if you tap it out with an M4
tap.

On older cars, you also find that the pivot shafts get rusty and jam in the
ABS pivot housings. These housings have three embedded M6 mounting bolts:
the nuts on top also tend to rust in. I've been able to get the nuts off by
cutting a slot in the M6 so it can be held with a screwdriver. Worst case I
cut the nut off with a Dremel tool. Once the housing is off the car, its
simple enough to disassemble, clean and lubricate the shafts.

Stewart DIBBS
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