Ok...I probably did something stupid, but last night I was working on replacing my windshield wiper motor and though it would be easy to pop out and pop in the replacement.

Well...it wasn't so much because of the ball joint. I was hoping it would just slide off, but nope... After finding out there is no way to pop it off without some type of tool through the cowl I put everything back together.

Problem...the motor now moves when the wipers are on. I have no idea what I did, but the bolts to the motor are tightened to the spec foot pounds, up to 45 ft pounds.

Maybe I jacked something up while trying to pull the motor off? Is this an easy fix?

FYI...the motor works ok, it just has a tendency to stop when the wipers get to the top.

 

Nevermind...the motor is working fine now and it stopped moving. Not sure how it happened, but I'm not complaining.

 

I hope you wrote down the swear words you used to make it work.

 

Those words came out when I was trying to remove the motor...