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Thread: Flip Up Lights Noise
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10-10-2008, 11:20 PM #1
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Red- 1998 Trans Am
Flip Up Lights Noise
When I turn of my headlights the motor for the lights makes a grrrrr sound for about 5 seconds then shuts off. Im not sure how to fix this can anyone help me?
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10-11-2008, 02:42 AM #2
the gears in the head light moter are going or gone bad. if ur going to keep the car for life get brass gear if u going to keep for few more years and sell it get plastic gears like the stock ones
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10-11-2008, 03:17 AM #3
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Black- 2000 WS6 6spd Hooker LT
Yeah, the gears are stripped. That headlight motor electrical circuit has a circuit breaker that shuts off current when it reaches a certain amp load, when it doesn't see that amp load (because of stripped gearing or whatever) then it has a timer in the circuit to shut the current off after 5 or 6 seconds.
I fixed mine with the Rodney Dickman repair kit, put in a new aluminum gear for my left headlight, the right one is still factory. There is a way to move the gear to a new, non-stripped part of the OE plastic gear, you disconnect the linkage to the headlight door, then manually spin the motor until the linkage connects again, this will work for a while. But the best thing is to replace the gear. A lot cheaper than getting a new motor assembly, and only a little harder to do.
Search this forum, there are a lot of threads talking about this and how to fix it.
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10-11-2008, 03:23 PM #4
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maple red metallic- 2000 firebird formula
ha!! i remember this was my first question on this forum when i started...damn.
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10-11-2008, 04:18 PM #5
my car does the same thing when i turn the lights off. been doing this for four years now. i just dont pay it any attention. if anyone thinks that it is the gears or can be adjusted let me know.
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10-11-2008, 04:41 PM #6
I'm book markin it.
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10-11-2008, 07:04 PM #7
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