[Richard]

If you remove the wiper arms and the covers, you then remove the hex bolt from the outside, and the large nut on the drive side of the assembly. There may be a circlip on the idler side. The front plate will now remove.

If yours is like mine, the slop is in the bushing in the front plate where the idler shaft rotates. I did not have slop in the motor driven side. I cleaned up the idler shaft as well as possible and pressed in a new oilite bushing. Sorry but I don’t remember the ID/OD of the bushing. My idler shaft was pretty corroded to the point where it’s diameter and surface was compromised.

That’s when I started thinking about how to install a real bearing instead of the bushing. I looked for a while but was unable to find a replacement front plate complete with idler shaft. That would be a much easier fix than making something.

All that being said, you asked how to remove the motor. Once the front plate is removed the motor is free to remove from the inside.