Sticky headlight
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From: loudoun county VA
Sticky headlight
The right headlight gets stuck about 20% of the time. Sometimes a quick tap on the front will get it to flip back under, other times, if I leave it alone, it will flip itself over by the morning. Is there some other way to make it more reliable?
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St. Jude Donor '03-'04-'06-'08-'09
Re: Sticky headlight (cam--)
I think you have experienced the dreaded bad bushing in the headlight motor. I am pretty sure your year(87) has the gel in the gears which dries and turns to dust. The fix is cheap($5 at ecklers) and it includes nylon bushings that replace the gel. The hard part is getting the headlights off...took me about an hour a side. Good Luck :thumbs:
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Re: Sticky headlight (Bruthish)
I think you have experienced the dreaded bad bushing in the headlight motor. I am pretty sure your year(87) has the gel in the gears which dries and turns to dust. The fix is cheap($5 at ecklers) and it includes nylon bushings that replace the gel. The hard part is getting the headlights off...took me about an hour a side. Good Luck :thumbs:
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From: New Albany IN
St. Jude Donor '03-'04-'06-'08-'09
Re: Sticky headlight (Bilyk)
gel? i'm pretty sure it's just white grease! best bet would be to open up the motor and clean it out
