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Old Jul 20, 2009 | 07:34 PM
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my passenger side head lights has been moving slower than the driverside and then yesterday it stoped moving all togather. the dealership wants $350 for a new actuator. could anything else be keeping the actuator from working or should i just change it out?
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Old Jul 20, 2009 | 07:36 PM
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Do you hear grinding? If you do a search on the forum you will see all types of DIY gear fixes for the headlights.
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Old Jul 20, 2009 | 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by jiujitsu
my passenger side head lights has been moving slower than the driverside and then yesterday it stoped moving all togather. the dealership wants $350 for a new actuator. could anything else be keeping the actuator from working or should i just change it out?
If you can here it running then you need to replace the gear.

http://www.rodneydickman.com/retail_new.html
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Old Jul 21, 2009 | 02:24 AM
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Originally Posted by EricD701
If you can here it running then you need to replace the gear.

http://www.rodneydickman.com/retail_new.html
I bought his gear replacement and it worked great. Didn't have a problem with the install.
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