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Old Jul 10, 2009 | 03:51 PM
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I replaced the plastic gear in the drivers side headlamp motor 2 months ago. Everything worked fine until a couple of nights ago. I manually turned the headlamps on laterturning off. They both went down, but the left popped back up all the way. Now it goes up, down, up, down and back up while the right side works fine.
Is it the washer and stop issue? Help!
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Old Jul 10, 2009 | 07:03 PM
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Yes, it's definitely the washer and stop issue. The isolators are I believe around $6 each at the dealership. There are 2 that control the stopping points of the mechanism, but there are other isolators that are "non-essential". You can swap the "essential" isolators for the "non-essential" ones to get your headlights back to normal, but without aligning them you will eat through those isolators as well.

This is kinda hard to explain without showing, but yes, basically perform the washer and stop fix and you will be good to go.
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Old Jul 10, 2009 | 08:05 PM
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One thing not mentioned is that I'd suggest you try to space it enough that the arm will hit the metal tab under the bumper. That way, it won't just smuck the end of the bumper and go past it.

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Old Jul 18, 2009 | 09:45 AM
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I just did mine and had the same problem. Check the orientation of the lift arm. I didn't have mine on correctly (it is keyed with the motor shaft). The new gear worked smooth as silk,,, but the headlights never stopped due to the lift arm not hitting the stops.

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