Burnt out wiper motor

[MikeB]

i burnt the wiper motor in my jeep coming home from work the other day, i cant fold down my windshield cuz the hinges are siezed, i tried to do it last summer and i ended up breaking a hinge, so doing that is out of the question. I guess my only option left is to tear the dash apart, how much work am i looking at, and will i be able to get full access to the wiper motor wothout the windshield down

 

[PhattyX]

What kind of Jeep? A YJ or TJ?

-X

 

[MikeB]

87 yj

 

[Bounty__Hunter]

You can't get the dash apart without lowering the windshield to access all the bolts.

I'd just plan on replacing the hinges, access the wiper motor the correct way.

 

[MikeB]

Damn, i was hoping it wouldnt have to come to that, those hinges are a pain in the ass to get off, i was doing some work on my buddies jeep and we had to grind down the screws and weld nuts to them to get em to come out, i have a set of stainless hinges laying around somewhere but i really wasnt looking forward to changing them anytime soon.

 

[PhattyX]

Yeah, what Bounty said. If I'm not mistaken, the wiring for the motor goes under the windsheild, which would have meant a hack job or moving the windsheild anyway.

-X

 

[nica89yj]

That suxxs, both my wipers are dead..guess gonna have to take all that of. I was wondering if you need to take the winshield off to mount some speakers in the factoty housing??