Left popup Headlight issues
Thread Starter
Team Owner
Joined: Feb 2000
Posts: 51,504
Likes: 6
From: Sacramento CA
Left popup Headlight issues
So tonight the left headlight doesnt come up. I shut it down, bring it up, its OK.
But now when it goes down, after landing, it does this:
Crikikikikikikikikikikikikikik
How can this be fixed? Thanks.
But now when it goes down, after landing, it does this:
Crikikikikikikikikikikikikikik
How can this be fixed? Thanks.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 9,420
Likes: 8
From: Southern New Jersey, The wet part at the bottom
St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10
Thread Starter
Team Owner
Joined: Feb 2000
Posts: 51,504
Likes: 6
From: Sacramento CA
Well, I tried to send you a PM but your box is full. Go to www.rodneydickman.com and buy his brass replacement gear (your OEM is plastic, that's your noise) Most folks buy two kits and do both sides at the same time.
I"ll check it out. Thanks for the link, and letting me know about my box.Few bucks less than my deductible, and a MUCH better solution it looks like.
Last edited by Kale; Aug 16, 2007 at 12:09 AM.
USMC (retired)
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 3,268
Likes: 7
From: Wimauma FL
Yeah, your gears are shot. I ordered the brass set from that website and it is a hell of a lot cheaper than having the stealership do it. By doing the DIY, you would roughly save $500 from the stealership. Well worth it IMHO. If I can do the DIY, anyone can do it...I am mechanically declined...
Thread Starter
Team Owner
Joined: Feb 2000
Posts: 51,504
Likes: 6
From: Sacramento CA
Yeah, your gears are shot. I ordered the brass set from that website and it is a hell of a lot cheaper than having the stealership do it. By doing the DIY, you would roughly save $500 from the stealership. Well worth it IMHO. If I can do the DIY, anyone can do it...I am mechanically declined...
But I'd rather avoid the dealer for around that $ mark if I can.
USMC (retired)
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 3,268
Likes: 7
From: Wimauma FL
Racer
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 380
Likes: 0
St. Jude Donor '08
Except for the fact that stupid glue they give you never holds the covers on the motors. Both my motors are wrapped in zip ties just in case!
USMC (retired)
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 3,268
Likes: 7
From: Wimauma FL
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
Top 10 Most Expensive Corvettes Ever Sold on Bring A Trailer
Brett Foote
10 Things Every Corvette Owner Needs (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
8 Most "Only Corvette Owners Understand" Quirks and Problems
Pouria Savadkouei
10 Reasons the C6 Z06 is Still A Performance Benchmark After 20 Years
Joe Kucinski
How Much Horsepower Every Corvette Engine "LOST" in 1972
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 DOs and DON'Ts for Protecting Your Convertible Top!
Michael S. Palmer
Top 10 Most Explosive Corvettes Ever Made: Power-to-Weight Ratio Ranked!
Joe Kucinski
150 hp to 1,250 hp: Every Corvette Generation Compared by the Specs That Matter
Joe Kucinski
8 Coolest Corvette Pace Cars (and Replicas) of All Time
Verdad Gallardo
Heel & Toe
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 24
Likes: 0
From: Oak Ridge Tennessee
My car is a 1997, it has the metal motors, and has screws on the cap. I replaced 1 gear with a plastic replacement. My other one didnt make it here, so i was lookin at the one i took out, there is just 1 little spot where its stripped, and the rest of the gear is perfect, so i decided to index the gear 180 degrees, and presto, no more noise. It works great now! I think i will wait until it does it again before i mess with it again.
