Headlight Motor
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Staging Lane
Joined: Jun 2006
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From: austin tx.
Headlight Motor Yesterday,after going to lunch,when I turned my headlights off there was a strange sound from the driver side headlight..like the motor was still running.it does this for maybe 10 seconds then stops...
Any clues??
Thanks
Any clues??
Thanks
Staging Lane
Joined: Jan 2005
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From: Columbia S.C.
The gear is stripped. Only part of the gear is used however. What this means is that you have half the gear still unused. Take the linkage off the motor and then turn the manual **** untill the shaft that the linkage is attached to rotates 180 degrees and reattach the linkage. Or get a new motor or replace the gear. If you elect to replace the motor, spend the dough and get a new OE motor from the dealer. I have tried several remans and replaced several gears and the torque of the motor has always tore the gear cover off in a short time. Maybe I'm just using the wrong epoxe.
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holy moses, how can this not be a sticky already 
scroll almost to the bottom "FREE headlight fix".
http://www.bfranker.badz28.com/headlightfix/index.htm
scroll almost to the bottom "FREE headlight fix".
http://www.bfranker.badz28.com/headlightfix/index.htm
Those motors don't last as long as the stock ones and they have a limited warrant. The gears is always the problem. Replace the gears and thats it.Save your money for something better.http://www.fquick.com/videos/Install...ight_Gear/2024
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From: Eastern MA
holy moses, how can this not be a sticky already
scroll almost to the bottom "FREE headlight fix".
http://www.bfranker.badz28.com/headlightfix/index.htm
scroll almost to the bottom "FREE headlight fix".
http://www.bfranker.badz28.com/headlightfix/index.htm
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IT IS A STICKY! .... and in multiple sections!
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From: Eastern MA
no its not the motor its a stripped headlight gear. mine does it too, i would suggest replacing it with a set of metal ones because i just replaced mine and 2 weeks later it stripped again. the dealership will tell you its the whole motor but its only the gear that strips and a plastic oem replacement will run you about 15-20$
no its not the motor its a stripped headlight gear. mine does it too, i would suggest replacing it with a set of metal ones because i just replaced mine and 2 weeks later it stripped again. the dealership will tell you its the whole motor but its only the gear that strips and a plastic oem replacement will run you about 15-20$
Those motors don't last as long as the stock ones and they have a limited warrant. The gears is always the problem. Replace the gears and thats it.Save your money for something better.http://www.fquick.com/videos/Install...ight_Gear/2024
I know ppl dont like hearing this but my friend went threw 2 motors in 1 years. Of course i dont have paper proof or pics or whatever proof you need but i help my friend with the replacing the motors. so thats my proof.Last time we did the gears replacement ,it's fast, easier and still working 2 years later. I rather do the less expensive fix first then finding out the hard way and replace whole motor when the problem is the gear not the motor. I learned from his mistakes
I know ppl dont like hearing this but my friend went threw 2 motors in 1 years. Of course i dont have paper proof or pics or whatever proof you need but i help my friend with the replacing the motors. so thats my proof.Last time we did the gears replacement ,it's fast, easier and still working 2 years later. I rather do the less expensive fix first then finding out the hard way and replace whole motor when the problem is the gear not the motor. I learned from his mistakes
Of course, these are not Autozone ones though... Don't know anything about those.
I thought Autozone just started selling these?
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