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Old Jul 17, 2016 | 10:57 AM
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When I turn my headlight off there is loud noise and vibration can you help me?

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Check the gear in the motor. Their made of plastic and some may chip or wear out. Theirs a fix for it a brass wheel. GTS on corvette headlights.
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Originally Posted by 8VETTE7
Plastic gears in the headlight motor are gringing them selves into pieces. VERY common C5 problem. You need to either upgrade the plastic gears to metal ones or replace the headlight motor.


Go to this thread and then to either post 2 or 22 to see how to do the replacement:


https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...l-in-here.html



If you need replacement gears go to this link:

http://rodneydickman.com/catalog/ind...432f50097f0dda
Thanks for your help everything went good!
G.t.
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