the gear is stripped on the motor, to the point where I can`t raise it manually. how can I get the motor out without raising the light?

 

If it is stripped you might be able to lift it with your fingers or something that will not scratch the paint. Maybe at some point you will get good gears to engage and raise it the rest of the way manually. Just hoping.

There is probably a way to do it from beneath by removing an access panel.


Mr. Sam

 

I tried lifting and prying while turning the **** and turning the light switch and it just spins. I`m surprised because it only made noise twice before it quit

 

First post I see. Welcome to the forum. Good people here. Let's see if we can get your problem resolved. I would assume you know the manual **** is very slow and you have to turn it many times to get a small amount of movement out of the headlight. If you've done that, first option might be to apply slight opening pressure on the light with your fingers while turning the manual **** and see if you can get it raised. Failing that, you have to disengage the raising/lowering arm. There is a panel underneath the bumper on each corner held in place by several small screws (7mm if I remember). Take that panel off to get access to the light from underneath. You'll need a 10mm 1/4" deep socket to remove the nut on the raising/lowering arm and you might have to feel for it. The arm is a flat bar that is jointed in the middle. Take note of its position before you take it off because when reinstalling you can put it on backwards and that makes the light do the opposite of what you want. (If backwards, if you try to open, it'll just get tighter by trying to close.). That being said, once the raising/lowering arm is removed, you can manually lift the light by hand, then remove the 3 screws holding the light shroud and you can then get to the motor screws. Hope this helps. GL with it. Not really hard to do, just a bit tight.

 

thanks: I think this will do it.

 

Great. I will save this Thread for sure.


Mr. Sam

 

Thanks Chuck. I appreciate your acknowledgement but I'm not anywhere close to your expertise. Let's just say I've got a LOT of experience with those $@#$@# headlights...

 

I got it. the access is in the wheel well. thanks for the quick response

 

I don't think he accessed it using the wheel well but if you removed the liner on each side it might provide access. He was talking about the access panels on the bottom under the lights.