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Old Aug 31, 2006 | 04:30 PM
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my pass headlight will not raise. the **** does spin but it wont raise.If I spin it manually nothing happens.Does this sound like a stripped gear?
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Old Aug 31, 2006 | 05:52 PM
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the light does come on, it just wont raise?
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Old Aug 31, 2006 | 06:22 PM
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my pass headlight will not raise. the **** does spin but it wont raise.If I spin it manually nothing happens.Does this sound like a stripped gear?
Yep! Do search, find post on how-to replace, its in here somewhere. Doesn't look to hard to do, I'm considering new gears.
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thanx I will search I just wanted to know if I got lucky and it was this simple.
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Old Aug 31, 2006 | 08:35 PM
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Order the brass gears from Rodney Dickman, they work great. I just put them in my 2000 Vert last week. You will have to get that headlight up to remove the black plastic surround and the two screws that hold the top cover on the headlight assembly. JD
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