wiper timing reset on Venture?

[Cindy Zondervan]

I'm hoping someone here can help me. We had a bit of an ice problem
develop, which caused our wipers to not be able to park down at the bottom
of the windshield. Instead they have popped up and are sitting straight up
as their parked position. We know this *can't* be a major issue, but there
is nothing in the owners manual about how to reset the timing to get them
down again.

Any assistance would be great.

Cindy :)

[Rick]

Post by Cindy Zondervan
I'm hoping someone here can help me. We had a bit of an ice problem
develop, which caused our wipers to not be able to park down at the bottom
of the windshield. Instead they have popped up and are sitting straight up
as their parked position. We know this *can't* be a major issue, but there
is nothing in the owners manual about how to reset the timing to get them
down again.
Any assistance would be great.
Cindy :)
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Owner of AJ'z Knits N' Things, Home of AJ'z Wonderful Wool Soakers
Check out our new selection of wool yarns at www.ajzthings.com/yarns.html

I found that on the Edmund's site, but I never tried myself.
Let me know about the result

Post by Cindy Zondervan

Let me add that even if you get the mechanism all nicely lubed, you may

still find the arms sticking up when you turn the wipers off because the
mechanism has gotten out of phase. What ya gotta do is turn the ignition key
to accessory, run the wipers on intermittent, then turn the key off when the
wipers pause (which should incorrectly be "up" instead of "down"). Then take
the crank arm off the wiper motor, manually set the wipers "down" where
they're supposed to be during the pause (don't let the motor turn when you
do this), retighten the crank, then turn the wipers on again. That ought to
reset them. Put briefly, the governing circumstance is when the wipers are
pausing between strokes when the wipers are set to intermittent>>>>>

[Cindy Zondervan]

Post by Rick
I found that on the Edmund's site, but I never tried myself.
Let me know about the result

Let me add that even if you get the mechanism all nicely lubed, you may

still find the arms sticking up when you turn the wipers off because the
mechanism has gotten out of phase. What ya gotta do is turn the ignition key
to accessory, run the wipers on intermittent, then turn the key off when the
wipers pause (which should incorrectly be "up" instead of "down"). Then take
the crank arm off the wiper motor, manually set the wipers "down" where
they're supposed to be during the pause (don't let the motor turn when you
do this), retighten the crank, then turn the wipers on again. That ought to
reset them. Put briefly, the governing circumstance is when the wipers are
pausing between strokes when the wipers are set to intermittent>>>>>

Thanks Rick!

I'll have my cousin try that when he comes down in the next day or two (he's
the family Class A mechanic). It sounds like it should work. I'll post back
when I know for sure.

Cindy :)

[Woody]

That problem indicates the drive clutch has fallen apart. I had the problem
on a Cavalier and once I pulled the motor assembly I found the nut had come
off the shaft. I am not sure about the Venture but the Cavalier motor and
wiper assembly lifts out after removing three or four screws....

Post by Cindy Zondervan

Post by Rick
I found that on the Edmund's site, but I never tried myself.
Let me know about the result

Let me add that even if you get the mechanism all nicely lubed, you

may

Post by Rick
still find the arms sticking up when you turn the wipers off because the
mechanism has gotten out of phase. What ya gotta do is turn the ignition

key

Post by Rick
to accessory, run the wipers on intermittent, then turn the key off when

the

Post by Rick
wipers pause (which should incorrectly be "up" instead of "down"). Then

take

Post by Rick
the crank arm off the wiper motor, manually set the wipers "down" where
they're supposed to be during the pause (don't let the motor turn when you
do this), retighten the crank, then turn the wipers on again. That ought

to

Post by Rick
reset them. Put briefly, the governing circumstance is when the wipers are
pausing between strokes when the wipers are set to intermittent>>>>>

Thanks Rick!
I'll have my cousin try that when he comes down in the next day or two (he's
the family Class A mechanic). It sounds like it should work. I'll post back
when I know for sure.
Cindy :)

[Cindy Zondervan]

Post by Woody
That problem indicates the drive clutch has fallen apart. I had the problem
on a Cavalier and once I pulled the motor assembly I found the nut had come
off the shaft. I am not sure about the Venture but the Cavalier motor and
wiper assembly lifts out after removing three or four screws....

I don't believe so. This happened just after we got the van due to ice
buildup in the gully where the wipers park. Since there was no room for
them to park they automatically set to park straight up. The dealership
where we got the van told us this happens quite often and was not an issue
to fix. The wipers work perfectly fine, they just park in an upright
position. As soon as you turn them on they go down and run from the down
position, they just park upright.

My understanding was it was a simple thing to just reset the timing, so I
was confused as to why it wasn't in the owners manual. I just wish now we
had gotten them to show us how the fix was done at that time, since living
in Canada makes it almost impossible to completely prevent ice buildup at
times.

I hope that makes sense.

Cindy :)

[Gary]

My Sons girlfriends 96 cavalier done the same thing after a lot of
diagnosing and knukle busting we found it to be the crank arm the round
piece that is attached to the bottom of the wiper motor you have to pull the
wiper motor off then take off the crank arm then remove the crank from the
motor you might get lucky and get to see a piece of it still attached, the
part I priced at $65.00 and think its a crime as evidently these break all
the time. fine gm engineering

Post by Cindy Zondervan

Post by Woody
That problem indicates the drive clutch has fallen apart. I had the

problem

Post by Woody
on a Cavalier and once I pulled the motor assembly I found the nut had

come

Post by Woody
off the shaft. I am not sure about the Venture but the Cavalier motor and
wiper assembly lifts out after removing three or four screws....

I don't believe so. This happened just after we got the van due to ice
buildup in the gully where the wipers park. Since there was no room for
them to park they automatically set to park straight up. The dealership
where we got the van told us this happens quite often and was not an issue
to fix. The wipers work perfectly fine, they just park in an upright
position. As soon as you turn them on they go down and run from the down
position, they just park upright.
My understanding was it was a simple thing to just reset the timing, so I
was confused as to why it wasn't in the owners manual. I just wish now we
had gotten them to show us how the fix was done at that time, since living
in Canada makes it almost impossible to completely prevent ice buildup at
times.
I hope that makes sense.
Cindy :)

[Ryan]

replying to Rick, Ryan wrote:
This method worked great for me, thank you. It finally fix on our venture Van
(2001) model

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[Kevin]

I think It's a little more complicated than you think. It's probably easy
for the dealer to do with experience and the proper manual. The park
position it in the module mounted to the wiper motor and the wipers are
driven via the cable that runs the full width of the engine compartment. The
problem has to due with the cables attachment to the motor/wipers.

KS

Post by Cindy Zondervan
I'm hoping someone here can help me. We had a bit of an ice problem
develop, which caused our wipers to not be able to park down at the bottom
of the windshield. Instead they have popped up and are sitting straight up
as their parked position. We know this *can't* be a major issue, but there
is nothing in the owners manual about how to reset the timing to get them
down again.
Any assistance would be great.
Cindy :)
--
Cindy Zondervan, WAHM to Abigail Joanna (9/23/99) and Christopher Anthony
(8/27/02)
Owner of AJ'z Knits N' Things, Home of AJ'z Wonderful Wool Soakers
Check out our new selection of wool yarns at www.ajzthings.com/yarns.html

[shiden_Kai]

Post by Kevin
I think It's a little more complicated than you think. It's probably easy
for the dealer to do with experience and the proper manual. The park
position it in the module mounted to the wiper motor and the wipers are
driven via the cable that runs the full width of the engine compartment. The
problem has to due with the cables attachment to the motor/wipers.

Venture vans don't use any cables to drive the wipers.
I don't know of any GM vehicle that uses "cables' to drive
the wiper arms.

The most common problem with these wiper systems is a
small metal tab that is located very close to the crank arm.
This often gets bent and it happens to be the tab that actuates
the park mechanism. It's a bit complicated to explain...much
better to just have it repaired by someone who had done
the procedure before.

Ian

[Neil Nelson]

Post by shiden_Kai
Venture vans don't use any cables to drive the wipers.
I don't know of any GM vehicle that uses "cables' to drive
the wiper arms.

Early 60s Corvette.

[shiden_Kai]

Post by Neil Nelson
Early 60s Corvette.

See, there ya go....dating either me
or you (grin)

Ian