Question about flip up headlights
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Instructor
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Question about flip up headlights
Ive owned my 2000 coupe for over a year and I can count on 1 hand the times ive used the flip up headlights. well this year while washing the vette ,I put the headlamps up and I noticed that they both went up when I put the parking lamps on which I knew wasnt right, I also noticed that when I shut them off I would get a loud grinding noise on the left side for about 1 minute then it would stop. well I disconnected the left hand head lamp and the right side works properly and that it doesnt go up when I put on the parking lights, I noticed that I have alot more play in the shaft to manually open the head lamp on the left side and it does open the flip up with out grind so I dont think its a worn gear ,could it be the motor itself. it works ok but why would it affect both lamps ? thanks in advance
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If you hear a grinding noise it is time to replace the plastic gears with brass gears, About 45 bucks a side and takes about an hour or so to do.
Melting Slicks
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I'm gonna need some clarification on that, because when I read it, what comes out is, "When the thing that makes the lights go up is broken, the lights still go up when they're not supposed to."
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As to the previous post you needed clarification for, I understand your point. Perhaps the poster mean that the lights will still go on, or that the actuator will still run with broken teeth?
Melting Slicks
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And I'm not saying the gear doesn't also need replacement: lord knows having the motor keep turning when the light is at one extreme or the other can't be good for it. Might be a chicken-and-egg deal where the gear strips because the whole system is driving past the stops.
EDIT: http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-g...t-bumpers.html and
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...s-bumpers.html
Last edited by Lee DeRaud; Jun 8, 2014 at 05:05 PM.
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