Our sons wiper motor went out, hubby didn’t mark linkage before replacing it and now the wipers are backwards. It’s a 2 door accord 2003, anyway to fix this? He’s been trying for 3 hours and is quite frustrated

 

Could you explain in a little more detail what is meant by wipers are "backwards"? Position or running opposite of normal, etc.?

 

sorry, they are running opposite of normal

 

Do you know the part number? There is a possibility the motor is for a sedan (4-door) instead of a coupe (2-door), as the wiring is different between the two.

 

Bought the 2 door motor from oreilly, the linkage is not lined up correctly as he forgot to mark it

 

Generally, scribing (marking) a line on the original linkage, etc. is for position/adjustment purposes.

Although the part from O'reilys suppose to be for a 2-door; sometimes, aftermarket part's quality control for accuracy, etc. for a particular model are not always so.

Running opposite sounds more like different polarity (+ and -) being applied.

 

Thank you, will check that as soon as we get home from dinner

 

Please disregard my suggestion on using spare wires to test due to possibility of damage to motor.

 

Although this video is done on a different generation Accord, most of this still applies. Starting at 3:32, it shows the reinstalling of the motor with the linkage off. He then cycles the motor to the zero position, then reattaches the linkage.

 

Thank you so much!!