I've got two Autolite Hawk windshield wiper units. neither work. I ran wires from the switch to the motor but even with the switch in the off position I would get a spark when I would attach a hot wire to the power post on the switch. The switch when I checked for continuity seemed to operate like it should. When it was in the "off" position there was no power to any of the three poles. In the first position all were hot and in the second position only the yellow and green wires (terminals) were hot.
After finding one post that suggested disassembly and clean up might be all it would need, so I disassembled one of the units (the one pictured) and cleaned it up, and it was pretty funky inside, I did cut the two wires that went to the field coils so I could get it apart (the insulation was bad but it was touchy getting it repaired/reconnected and I used shrink tubing on the exposed wires which was better). After reassembly as well as a check of the armature and field coils (using a 49 Chevy shop manual) I still had no action in the wiper and power was somehow feeding through.
I next grabbed the other unit and pulled the "head" that has the wires connected and cleaned a bunch of grease out of the cavity, the terminals were messed up so I filed them and bent them so they would have good contact. Still no wiper motor that works
Note I ran a ground from the negative post on the battery to a screw on the body of the wiper and ran 12 volts to the circuit breaker? post on the switch.
What have I missed?
After finding one post that suggested disassembly and clean up might be all it would need, so I disassembled one of the units (the one pictured) and cleaned it up, and it was pretty funky inside, I did cut the two wires that went to the field coils so I could get it apart (the insulation was bad but it was touchy getting it repaired/reconnected and I used shrink tubing on the exposed wires which was better). After reassembly as well as a check of the armature and field coils (using a 49 Chevy shop manual) I still had no action in the wiper and power was somehow feeding through.
I next grabbed the other unit and pulled the "head" that has the wires connected and cleaned a bunch of grease out of the cavity, the terminals were messed up so I filed them and bent them so they would have good contact. Still no wiper motor that works
Note I ran a ground from the negative post on the battery to a screw on the body of the wiper and ran 12 volts to the circuit breaker? post on the switch.
What have I missed?
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