I saw that part about putting the pivot arm in the same position. Unfortunately, the more I think about my situation and look at what the previous owners left I'm thinking they had the same problem. They were just more inept and had less mechanical skills or desire to fix the problem.

So I've got to find that sweet spot for the pivot arm I'm thinking I'll take the light apart at the pivot points and see if I can puzzle out the geometry. On the road till Sunday, so I'm going to start on it Monday.

The things that I have to puzzle out are the motor runs till it hits the stops; the stops are not adjustable; and all you have to do is rotate the motor to align the gear shaft and actuator arm to slide it on. I'm sort of at a loss as to what's really adjustable at this point so I'll spend some time staring at the damn thing

btw, u fly for a living?

 

Use to, not for a while now. Not sure I could tolerate TSA these days just to get to my bird to do my job. Others are more tolerant than I, I suppose.

Sorry man, I feel for ya these things can be aggrevating. All I remember was the passenger side went on easily but the drivers side did not. I recall having to reposition the shaft and the pivot arm several times, and several cursing binges before it finally went on correctly. The arm is keyed so it is possible to not have it seat properly. It's been a few years since I R&R'd mine. Again, forum mechanics is difficult cause we can't see what your seeing.

I just looked at my original motors they are in the closet in the boxes (I plan to rebuild them one day) and it is possible for that arm not to seat.

 

Good for you. I'm still doing it but on the corporate side. TSA isn't the pain it is on the other side.

hehe.... When I get home and open the light up again I'll get you on Skype ! Thanks for the "keyed" tip. I'll double check that part.

 

My passenger side just started doing exactly the same thing. I did the Brent Franker gear gear install a few mos. ago..It did fine until recently..I am going to tk the motor back out and chk everything.

 

Wondering if anyone has taken the actual motor apart?

NOT the gear box.

If so, any tricks, tips, gotchas that would come in handy?

Was going to post a pic of the gear box but can't find a menu item to do that.

 

ok,here is what I have discovered: If I turn the lights off w/ the engine running, there's a good chance the passenger side will not come up the next time I turn them on. I then have to turn the **** CCW a few turns to get it to come up. If I turn the lights off after shutting engine off, the lights work ok every time. makes no sense to me.

 

Same problem, check hood alignment. Mine was rubbing the hood when opening.

 

I just replaced the battery and now the drivers side headlight door opens, but won't go down. the passenger side door won't come up at all. Everything worked perfect before I replaced the battery. What did I do? Is there a reset?

 

have the same issue befor turn out that they were 35w .NOTE: the oem is 55w so yo need a 55w in order to work correctly .then i switched to the 55w version evrything working ok.
so either to switch to 55w or use a resistor

 

Previous posts range from 10 to 3 years.

 

Agreed and shows this is a long term problem that all have not solved. Changing the bump stops and rebuild was the fix for me.