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So, my girlfriend's car was having issues with her windshield wipers. Over a week or so they got slower and slower until they stopped moving this Sunday, even though it was somewhat warmer out. Figured it to be the wiper motor died, so the next day I stopped by Advance Auto on the way home from work to get a new one (it was raining a bit so it was real fun with no wiper blades.) Just go fast enough and it would just bead up & blow off haha...

It would figure that the only one they carried for her car ('02 Hyundai Accent) didn't come with it's own motor arm (or whatever you call that small arm on the motor that actually connects to the wiper pivot rod) or even the rubber mounting feet. At first I felt a little stupid for not taking the motor arm off, as I thought it was part of the motor and that the new one would have one, but then those poor bastards had a hell of a time for like 30 minutes trying to get it off the old one, and then spent another 15 minutes or so trying to get it back on the new one.

So, I got the new one installed right out in the parking lot (while it was raining and everything) and they worked great. They needed adjusted/realigned or whatever because they were slightly off, and I think the passenger side one needed a little tightening up because it seemed a little loose, but they still worked.

Yesterday morning, the day after I replaced it, it had snowed overnight and the rain froze. It was pretty damn cold. So while cleaning off the car I popped the wiper blades off the windshield to scrape the ice, and I guess I pushed a little too hard when they were up and the entire wiper arm on the passenger side just cracked right off, right where the arm is bolted on.
[cursing]

It's metal of course, but I guess a combination of cold & age just decided to do that to me. Nobody around here carries them, and the few places I found online would take too long to ship. The nearby dealership was slightly more pricey of course but they were able to have it here in only a couple days, so we get to go pick it up tomorrow.

This morning, it's even colder out (like 8'F / -13.3'C.) Even after warming up the car for 15 minutes before leaving with the heat on full blast there was still a bit of frost & moisture on the windshield, and now the wiper that's not broke on the driver side would barely move on it's own.

I've read that oiling the joints where the arms connect may help, would WD40 work ok?