98 corvette head light motor
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7th Gear
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98 corvette head light motor
I started having problems with the light going up all the time. I quit comming up yesturday then today it started working again but now when you turn tha lights off and it goes down the motor keepd runniing and makes ab bad sound like the gears are stripping then the motor stops could it be the control module and where id the module at thank Randy
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From: Austin Tx
This is a very common issue. Search for it. Long story short, the plastic gears are stripping out. You can order brass gears that will last pretty much forever. You may be able to rotate the large gear 180 degs and use the teeth on the other side for a while. I got abt 6 more months out of mine before switching to brass gears.
Thread Starter
7th Gear
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 7
Likes: 0
This is a very common issue. Search for it. Long story short, the plastic gears are stripping out. You can order brass gears that will last pretty much forever. You may be able to rotate the large gear 180 degs and use the teeth on the other side for a while. I got abt 6 more months out of mine before switching to brass gears.
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From: Austin Tx
Yep, just the nut holding the arm on.
I was able to remove the arm, spin the manual **** so the shaft (where the arm attaches) rotates 180 degs, then re-install the arm (without removing the 3 bolts). This uses the other side of the plastic gear. You will still be using some of the same teeth since the arm rotates a little more than 180 degs during raise/lower operations, but with a little luck, the headlight will work until you can get replacement brass gears.
Also, there's some instructions on this site on how to better access the area by removing the plastic headlight shroud.
I was able to remove the arm, spin the manual **** so the shaft (where the arm attaches) rotates 180 degs, then re-install the arm (without removing the 3 bolts). This uses the other side of the plastic gear. You will still be using some of the same teeth since the arm rotates a little more than 180 degs during raise/lower operations, but with a little luck, the headlight will work until you can get replacement brass gears.
Also, there's some instructions on this site on how to better access the area by removing the plastic headlight shroud.
Last edited by zz28zz; Sep 25, 2011 at 12:01 AM.
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