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Old Aug 15, 2009 | 03:04 PM
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I changed the gear in my driverside headlight now it jumps
up and down a few times before stopping in some position
???????????????????????
Please help
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Old Aug 15, 2009 | 03:27 PM
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I have to do mine tomorrow. How hard was it to do?? I'll be watching to see what the solution was. Good luck.
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Old Aug 15, 2009 | 04:09 PM
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The headlight motor gear change is not to hard. I did mine last week. Try this. Raise headlight aand then remove the black trim. Block the headlight to hold it up. Remove the hood adjuster, now you have room to reach behind the motor to hold the 3 nuts that hold the motor. Use a 10mm wrench to remove the center nut, this holds the the headlight linkage that holds up the light. Then remove the other three nuts and the motor comes off. Becareful that the light does nut fall. assemble in reverse order. Hope this helps.
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Old Aug 16, 2009 | 11:21 PM
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Is the epoxy broken open on it? If it is then just the slightest gap will make it do that.
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