One of the pieces in a box in the trunk of my 68 midget is a wiper motor. I 
don't plan on driving in the rain but living in Washington I figure I ought to 
be prepared for an occassional unexpected shower ; )
 
The drive cable appeared frozen so I took it apart to investigate. The whole 
armature appears to be magnetized and locked into the housing. In other words 
when I took out the long bolts holding the motor housing I had to pull fairly 
hard to seperate the cylindrical cover from the flat drive housing. The 
windings and worm gear shaft came out with it and there is a definite magnetic 
attraction between the windings and that housing.
 
1. Does anyone know what I mean?
2. Is this normal?
3. If not can I fix it?
 
Thanks, Jack
                
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