Madrid190

Just purchased a trans am and the passenger side headlight gets stuck trying to pop up and have to go pull it to position is it just the motor that needs replaced? Or could it be something else as well?

Zlow28

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does it make a grinding noise? or can you see if there are any corroded connections?

Madrid190

It does make that grinding noise I haven't checked it out throughly since arrived home late night with it

Zlow28

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chances are its a stripped gear in the motor. Look up how to replace the headlight motor gear. Its very common and a few ways to fix it.

gongshow71

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I have a 1999 Trans Am but same concept and identical parts.

I went through the process of replacing the motor gear and it worked for a week and then failed again. The new gear was fine, but the motor housing kept splitting<br>again where I epoxied it and reinforced it with zipties. It was worth it to me to just buy a new headlight motor from A1 Cardone off of rockauto.com for $83 and be<br> done with it. Installed it a year ago and no problems since. I just installed a power steering rack from A1 Cardone as well and I'm satisfied with their quality.

The headlight motor for a 1997 seems to be more expensive so its your call.<br>Here is a link: http://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/p...amp+motor,1412

If you decide to buy a replacement gear you can get a plastic one from part stores or a bronze one from this link.<br>This link also shows how to do the repair process: http://www.bfranker.badz28.com/headlightfix/index.htm

y2k_ta

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Welcome to LS1tech! We have a sticky at the top of this section for any questions and/or comments regarding headlights:

https://ls1tech.com/forums/pontiac-f...s-go-here.html

I'm closing this thread, so any future posts you make regarding headlight will need to be made in the sticky.

Scott