not the average wiper problem....

[Bukshot]

so this past winter was pretty bad. i was driving home one night and it was snowing, so i had my wipers going obvisiouly. anyways, i get home and must have shut my truck off without turning the wipers off. so that night, it snows like 4 inches. i get out and start my truck and let it run for probably 20 minutes. i go out, scrape the window about half way through it, then go back in. when i go to leave i turn my wipers on and nothing. i realized i had left them on over night, and when i started the truck they were on, but restrained from all the snow. anyways, if i put it on the fastest setting, they work, but when i turn them off they just stop where they are. the intermittent settings dont work, and slow doesnt work, only fast. could the board be causing this? i can deal with it, but it would really be nice for it to work again. i had a problem with it acting funny when i first bought the truck about 4 years ago, but i just changed the board and we were good to go. i have a feeling i messed something up more than the board here. any suggestions?

 

[Ruger_556]

Burned up the board or the motor... Seeing as they work on high the board becomes suspect.

 

[SCOTTYINWV]

I they still work on the fast setting, I wouldn't think there should be a problem with the motor itself. Boards are a common problem and cheap. I would swap it. 9/10 it's the culprit.

 

[Bukshot]

thanks a lot guys, soon as i get the funds ill give it a shot. i had a feeling, but i really wanted a second opinion to make sure it wasnt the switch, thanks again.

 

[Ruger_556]

thanks a lot guys, soon as i get the funds ill give it a shot. i had a feeling, but i really wanted a second opinion to make sure it wasnt the switch, thanks again.

Rockauto has them for a decent price IIRC...

 

[thz71]

so this past winter was pretty bad. i was driving home one night and it was snowing, so i had my wipers going obvisiouly. anyways, i get home and must have shut my truck off without turning the wipers off. so that night, it snows like 4 inches. i get out and start my truck and let it run for probably 20 minutes. i go out, scrape the window about half way through it, then go back in. when i go to leave i turn my wipers on and nothing. i realized i had left them on over night, and when i started the truck they were on, but restrained from all the snow. anyways, if i put it on the fastest setting, they work, but when i turn them off they just stop where they are. the intermittent settings dont work, and slow doesnt work, only fast. could the board be causing this? i can deal with it, but it would really be nice for it to work again. i had a problem with it acting funny when i first bought the truck about 4 years ago, but i just changed the board and we were good to go. i have a feeling i messed something up more than the board here. any suggestions?

That's a pretty common problem actually lol mine are the same way

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[98_k1500]

Mine were the same way when i got my truck. Swapped the board to a used one i had laying around and it works perfectly. 99% sure thats your problem. Like said before, pretty common problem.

 

[someotherguy]

Fix the board. It's ridiculously easy. Almost all of them fail at the solder joints where the harness socket mounts to the board. Reflow the solder by adding a little fresh (electronics rosin core solder only, in other words no acid core.)

In your case you may have also burnt a trace on the board and if so, it will be pretty easy to see. Easy to fix by scraping a little of the solder mask (green stuff) off either end of the broken trace and solder on a small jumper wire.

Or just buy another board from the parts house, pretty cheap, but I prefer fixing the original vs. installing some chinese new piece.

I've fixed dozens...and dozens...of these. So have many other people. It's easy and quick. And free!

Richard

 

[Bukshot]

that WAS the problem. i popped the circuit board out and it came out with 4 or 5 other peieces that used to be on the board. i put the new one in and just like brand new, thanks everyone.

 

[someotherguy]

I've never seen one actually shed parts. Care to post a pic? I'd be interested to see if it's an original or a replacement board.

Richard