C5 headlight mechanism clicks after closing
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C5 headlight mechanism clicks after closing
Continuous and fairly loud clicking for about 10 seconds after headlight doors shut.
Like the limit switches take 10 secs to stop the gears from turning
Any help is appreciated
Like the limit switches take 10 secs to stop the gears from turning
Any help is appreciated
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this means that you have the cheap plastic housing for your gears and that the housing is flexing. If you are unlucky like me, there will be no problem with your gears, your rubber bumper, or anything cheap and easily fixable. The problem will be within the cheap plastic housing that is allowing flexing and the gears are not binding correctly with each other. If on the other hand you are lucky, there will be a cheap part broken that you can easily replace.
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If you're lucky its an all metal gearbox with a screw on cover and you just need a new rubber bumper or plastic gear. Let me know, if you need assistance I can prolly point you perfectly on a repair.
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might be time for some brass gears... if you open the housing and the gears are fine then it could be the plastic housing flexing where it is mounted to the metal motor housing as stated above... there are 4 metal tabs on the metal motor housing that attach it to the plastic gear housing and after time they work themselves loose... you can get a flat tipped punch and hammer them back down until they are snug and what i did when i replaced my gears was jb weld the tabs down so they won't come loose again... if you do opt for the brass gears also there are 2 different people that offer them... one utilizes a gear like the factory that has a rubber bumper inside the gear, i don't really recommend this gear for that reason but it is still better than the factory gear... the other gear is a solid piece and has no rubber bumper so you won't have to worry about that part ever failing
