89’Vette

My driver side headlight opens fully sometimes and only half way other times. When it opens halfway it just hangs there and can be moved around a bit. When I close it, it makes this rhythmic knocking sound for about 4-5 seconds and looks like it’s trying to close further when it’s already closed. Whether it’s opened halfway or fully it will always close. There are times where I will open and close them repeatedly in an attempt to open the headlights and it will not open. Then other times it will fully open and close 12+ times in a row 🙄. I’ve tried using the little **** on the motor but it won’t move the headlight at all. It just keeps spinning and spinning. Is it the motor or gears? I’d hate to spend $80+ on a motor when all I need is a $25 set of gears. Please help!

dizwiz24

Might not even need gears. All mine needed was those plastic pellets (3 per side). One side was crushed into dust.

similar issue, motor keep spinning.

Mine was a 93

TA

I would guess that your motors and gears are fine. The plastic bushings have probably turned to dust.

They likely look like this




Instead of this