Stripped Headlight Gear - Have a question
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Stripped Headlight Gear - Have a question Alright, so my headlight motor geats were stripped and I replaced them with those brass gears but I couldn't get teh housing to stay on right. Eventually, the brass gears stripped and I have the headligh going up anddown problem again whenever I lock the door.
I wanted to know if there was a way to disable the headlights from going up and down when I unlock or lock the car. IS there a wire I can cut or modify something to stop it. If I remember correctly, it does it because whenever you lock or unlock the car, the computer checks the headlight motor to see if the gear can handle the torque or something. Anyways, just wanted to know if I could do something short of unplugging the headlights (I drive at night), until I get the time and $$ to fix it properly. Thanks.
I wanted to know if there was a way to disable the headlights from going up and down when I unlock or lock the car. IS there a wire I can cut or modify something to stop it. If I remember correctly, it does it because whenever you lock or unlock the car, the computer checks the headlight motor to see if the gear can handle the torque or something. Anyways, just wanted to know if I could do something short of unplugging the headlights (I drive at night), until I get the time and $$ to fix it properly. Thanks.
turn the lights on, and remove the connector on the headlight control module, it has a 5 pin and a 4 pin connector next to the fuse boxes under the hood.
I pull the one closest to the shock tower, and everything else works fine.
Ryan
I pull the one closest to the shock tower, and everything else works fine.
Ryan
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Wait. So that means the lights willl be on the whole time?? I am not quite sure how that will stop the lights from going up and down when I lock/unlock the car? Will the lights still work normally? 
The plastic gear in mine got stripped and it is a very easy to temperary repair.
All you have to do is take off the bolt on the headlight linkage rotate the pin on the motor 180 degrees and reattach it. Then uses the other side of the gear in the motor. It worked for me.
All you have to do is take off the bolt on the headlight linkage rotate the pin on the motor 180 degrees and reattach it. Then uses the other side of the gear in the motor. It worked for me.
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I know I can flip the grea. I just want to see if I can disable the lights from going up and down when i lock/unlock the car while still being able to use them at night. Thanks for the info though.
I know I can flip the grea. I just want to see if I can disable the lights from going up and down when i lock/unlock the car while still being able to use them at night. Thanks for the info though.
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turn the lights on, and remove the connector on the headlight control module, it has a 5 pin and a 4 pin connector next to the fuse boxes under the hood.
I pull the one closest to the shock tower, and everything else works fine.
Ryan
I pull the one closest to the shock tower, and everything else works fine.
Ryan
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i knew there might be some fuses that would work.
But that was my fix when they were making noise in the parking lot, when mine stripped, easier than finding a fuse at 4:00 am
Ryan
But that was my fix when they were making noise in the parking lot, when mine stripped, easier than finding a fuse at 4:00 am
Ryan
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i knew there might be some fuses that would work.
But that was my fix when they were making noise in the parking lot, when mine stripped, easier than finding a fuse at 4:00 am
Ryan
But that was my fix when they were making noise in the parking lot, when mine stripped, easier than finding a fuse at 4:00 am
Ryan
So what does your fix do?? Just not make the headlights operational at all? I am just confused as to what it would accomplish.
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Unplugging the control box does the same thing as pulling the fuses - the lights will go on or off with the switch but they won't open or close (so make sure they're open when you pull the plug).
I am somewhat surprised that the metal gears would strip. I was always told that replacing the plastic gears with metal ones was a permanent solution. Oh well, I guess nothing lasts forever.
I am somewhat surprised that the metal gears would strip. I was always told that replacing the plastic gears with metal ones was a permanent solution. Oh well, I guess nothing lasts forever.
