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Old Apr 20, 2022 | 12:33 AM
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My 2000 C5 driver's side headlight pops up when I turn it on, but when I trurn it off it goes down all the way then pops back up about 3/4.
I can manually close it all the way down but that's not cool. I already replaced the plastic gear in the motor and that didn't fix it. The plastic/rubber caps for the upper and lower stops are chewed up a little.
Not sure what to look at next.
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Old Apr 20, 2022 | 02:40 AM
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Fixed my 2000 just the other day. Same symptom.

That bit of chewed up on the side caps is is the culprit.

I swapped the sides with the rears. The rears don’t get chewed up.

Worked perfect.
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Old Apr 20, 2022 | 03:01 AM
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Thanks I'll give it a try and report back
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Old Apr 20, 2022 | 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by RonSSNova
Fixed my 2000 just the other day. Same symptom.

That bit of chewed up on the side caps is is the culprit.

I swapped the sides with the rears. The rears don’t get chewed up.

Worked perfect.
Hi Ron. This may sound stupid, but what 'sides' are you talking about? Thanks......
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Side stops, or caps (#4) are the same as the rears. Rears not shown here though.
The corner on one of my side tabs was chewed off.
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Thanks again for the tip. I fixed it by swapping out the plastic caps for the side stops. Works perfectly now.
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Sweet
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Just did my gears 5 min. ago. The very first thing I noticed was the wear in the stops. Simply flipped them over.
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