yesterday my right headlight wouldent pop out of the hood. The left is just fine.
Ever since I got the car, the right side headlight has been a little behind when turning the headlights on and off.
I think I saw the right headligt moving very little when trying to turn the lights on.....but not 100% sure..

ANY idea what my poblem is?

What am I looking at here, price, talent and time?

 

You could have bad bushings or you could have a stripped shaft. Either way you will need to take it apart and see.
I have designed a Tech Tip for this






Tech Tip

What to check and repair if your headlight bushings are good and your headlight motor works but doesn't flip up.

Tools you will need:

1) 10mm socket
2) Ratchet
3) 3" or so ratchet extension
4) Dental pick set
5) Small E-clip pliers
6) T-27 torx socket
7) Bench vise
8 ) 7mm socket
9) Punch and hammer
10) Drill and drill bit set
11) Something to use as a pin (I recommend a small finish nail like for paneling)
12) Dremell type machine
13) Grease
14) Channel Lock pliers or similar pliers
15) Possibly new plastic bushings (found at Ecklers or other Corvette parts house)

Getting started:

1) Remove the headlight motor connector
2) Remove the 6 (10 mm) bolts holding the assembly to the hood
3) Remove the small E- clip on the motor shaft connecting it to the headlight linkage.
4) Remove the T-27 upper torx bolt on the headlight motor
5) Loosen the T-27 lower torx bolt
6) Remove the 3 t-27 torx bolts on the side of the motor
7) Remove motor and lay to the side removing the 3 (7mm) bolts holding the motor cover on
8 ) Using a dental pick set remove the large plastic gear gently by lifting upwards
9) You will find 3 plastic bushings under the gear
10) Inspect the bushings and replace as necessary

If the bushings look ok then you will need to look deeper. There is an aluminum (or pop metal) plate under the bushings that the bushings sit on. In the center of the plate there is a steel shaft that is splined to fit into the plate. This splined shaft my have stripped inside the plate. You can determine this by locking the plate into a vise (be careful not to mar the plate) then use a pair of channel lock pliers to try to turn the shaft (be careful not to mar the shaft). If the shaft has any play at all the shaft is stripped inside the plate and will need to be pinned in place to fix.

Using a vise, secure the aluminum plate and make sure the shaft is exactly where it needs to be (you will see wear marks on the shaft as to where it needs to be located).

Use a drill bit a hair smaller than your pin and drill straight through the aluminum plate and the shaft. Locate an area inside one of the indents where the bushings seat to drill the plate. (keep your drill bit cool with WD-40).

Then remove the shaft and enlarge the hole in the shaft to the same size as your pin.

The purpose of the 2 different size holes is so the pin will fit the shaft perfectly but have a pressed fit into the aluminum plate.

Press in the new pin using a brass punch and a small hammer.

Once the pin has been seated correctly and fully you will need to cut the pin and polish the edges where the pin is. Use your dremel tool to accomplish this.

Failure to clean and polish the edges will result in the bushings binding and premature failure of the bushings.

After the pin has been set and polished you will need to use some sort of grease to keep the bushings in place for reassembly.

Be sure to clean and lightly grease the bushings and gear using lithium grease, axle grease or anti-seize grease.

Reverse the steps above to reassemble the motor and reinstall the headlight assembly.

When completed you may need to retention the electric motor. You can determine this by matching the speed to the opposite motor.

To adjust the tension you will need to loosen the large nut under the motor assembly and turn the flat head screw in or out and tighten the nut back up.



This gives you an area to start in

 

I had a problem like that a short time ago - turned out to be the relay.

 

now i dont know much about any other system in the car, but i know the headlights inside and out

the first thing I suggest doing is swapping the left/right relays. they are identical. If the problems shows up on the other side, go get another relay. i have a few i pulled from firebirds and fieros one day at a scrap yard

If that doesnt help, open her up and see what you find. Dirt and rust and general gunk tend to slow them down. Stripped gears are common. Sometimes the field magnets delaminate and stick to the armature. Brushes wear out. Bushings go in the older style motors.

 

Thanks.

I will try to swap the realys, IF I can locate them!

 

So you want more help
http://members.shaw.ca/dankai/Headlight%20Doors.pdf

 

Thanks nice

.....acutally Im just wating untill you fly over seas and fix my damn headlight

 

I had a similar problem on my 87, just turned out to be a couple loose screws that hold the hood (or cover ) on the head light.

 

No problem, send me a ticket so i can fix your headlights, vist farmor and drink copious amounts of Tuborg and Akvavit.