Headlight Buckets?
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Melting Slicks
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Headlight Buckets?
Greetings all, question on my 2001 Coupe. The right side headlight bucket does not seat down properly, and sticks up about a quarter inch. The drivers side seats flush! The bad side appears to offset towards the outside front corner seems to be getting bound up somewhere. Also, the manual ***** which are supposed to raise the buckets without power do not seem to work on either side. They tighten and loosen, but the housing never appears to want to move.
Anybody have any thoughts or know of a link to adjust it? Searches found lots of info on replacing the motor gear but not much adjusting or maintaining the buckets themselves.
TIA!
Anybody have any thoughts or know of a link to adjust it? Searches found lots of info on replacing the motor gear but not much adjusting or maintaining the buckets themselves.
TIA!
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Greetings all, question on my 2001 Coupe. The right side headlight bucket does not seat down properly, and sticks up about a quarter inch. The drivers side seats flush! The bad side appears to offset towards the outside front corner seems to be getting bound up somewhere. Also, the manual ***** which are supposed to raise the buckets without power do not seem to work on either side. They tighten and loosen, but the housing never appears to want to move.
Anybody have any thoughts or know of a link to adjust it? Searches found lots of info on replacing the motor gear but not much adjusting or maintaining the buckets themselves.
TIA!
Anybody have any thoughts or know of a link to adjust it? Searches found lots of info on replacing the motor gear but not much adjusting or maintaining the buckets themselves.
TIA!
Are you sure it's the actual bucket sitting up a quarter inch? Most of the time it is just the headlight door cover that gets mis-aligned (either up/down or left/right). There are adjustment screws on all four corners under the headlight cover that will lower or raise it. Have you tried this?
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Looks like your stop insulator gave up the ghost. If you look you will see these yellow tabs(4 of them). The arm is metal and the insulator is plastic. After awhile the insulators get chewed up and the stop point gets jacked up so the light goes up 1/4 of a turn. I'm pretty sure that is your problem. As far as the headlights motor, sometimes you have to turn them several times before the lights go up or down. Try to guide the headlight up with one hand as you turn the know with the other, remember it may take several turns before it moves.
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Thanks!!
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I have a sort of similar problem. After addressing a problem with the DR side headlight, the Pass. side, after acting normally refuses to go up until I rotate the manual **** to 'loosen'(?) it. The it works normally for awhile. Is there an adjustment or setting I should be looking at??
Thanks!!
Thanks!!
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Melting Slicks
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Check the plastic insulators mentioned earlier. This is a typical symptom when they get worn out. Swap the ones on the back of the headlight mechanism with the ones on the motor stops. They contact in different spots and the motor stop ones wear out first. See if that makes any difference.
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From: Rio Rancho NM
Check the plastic insulators mentioned earlier. This is a typical symptom when they get worn out. Swap the ones on the back of the headlight mechanism with the ones on the motor stops. They contact in different spots and the motor stop ones wear out first. See if that makes any difference.
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Le Mans Master
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So it's not going up at all unless you do it manually?
Not saying your wrong but usually when it's the insulators you get the snake eyed look. But never hurts to check. The next bet if it doesn't come on at all is usually the headlight control module.
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Greetings all, question on my 2001 Coupe. The right side headlight bucket does not seat down properly, and sticks up about a quarter inch. The drivers side seats flush! The bad side appears to offset towards the outside front corner seems to be getting bound up somewhere. Also, the manual ***** which are supposed to raise the buckets without power do not seem to work on either side. They tighten and loosen, but the housing never appears to want to move.
Anybody have any thoughts or know of a link to adjust it? Searches found lots of info on replacing the motor gear but not much adjusting or maintaining the buckets themselves.
TIA!
Anybody have any thoughts or know of a link to adjust it? Searches found lots of info on replacing the motor gear but not much adjusting or maintaining the buckets themselves.
TIA!
I have a sort of similar problem. After addressing a problem with the DR side headlight, the Pass. side, after acting normally refuses to go up until I rotate the manual **** to 'loosen'(?) it. The it works normally for awhile. Is there an adjustment or setting I should be looking at??
Thanks!!
Thanks!!