catfish2

Is there an adjustment to stop the "growl" when the lights retract. A while back someone said the gear had to be changed. Any ideas.

LoneStarFRC

www.rodneydickman.com

Joecooool

You have to be kidding me. Your actually considering modifying your headlights to eliminate a noise they make for .25 of a second when they go down?

Dude - thats nuts!

fdxpilot

Well, since the "growl" means the gears are stripping, and the headlight will soon stop functioning, YEAH!!!! I took mine to the dealer, showed them this, and they replaced the motor under warannty, with no questions

hightest

I lubed my headlight hinges with silicone lube and the growling went away. Haven't had any problems for the last year.

catfish2

The "growl" last about 7-8 seconds after the lights are down completely.

fdxpilot

That's the gears.

The Batman

Yes, that's the gears. Rodney Dickman's brass gears are great, I haven't heard or read anything negative about them.

I have them in my headlight assemblies, installed them when I put in my high-wattage headlight kit and glass lenses.

Kinda hard to believe that such a typical problem isn't addressed with a better solution that replacing the whole motor actuator, which just breaks gears again after a few years. Oh yeah, it's The General we're dealing with here.

BMG50

Replaced mine today and fixed all headlight issues...now for the "girlfriend thingy".....

pewter99

Its an easy fix...will take you about an hour start to finish

I have some pics if anyone wants them

DJohnston45

I would like to see the pics.

01vetteC5

yea i just ordered me a set of gears- one went out befor soo i put in a new plastic gear and that one broke 2 days later and now my other headlight is also makeing noice and it just gave out last night (wont even come up -- im guessing these metal onces should help -- it gets kinda annoying i ususally just turn the headlights off befor i shut my engine and the a radio off soo i dont have to hear it lol--