Help! Headlights getting stuck !!!!!

[Pauly]

Just replaced my headlight motors with new ones , problem that I'm having is that the lights are getting stuck down & will not open I manually open them then they seem to work a few times then they stop again . The manual knob gets very tight to wind the headlight light back open .

( do these manual knobs need to be lose or tight it seems that these manual knobs are so tight they are jamming the motors )

Cheers Pauly :confused

 

[vetteoz]

The manual knob gets very tight to wind the headlight light back open .

Do the knobs feel like they are kicking back or just tight?
What year?

 

[Paul Higg]

Hi Pauly, welcome to the forum.

The headlight knob should be able to open and close them no matter what position they are in. It should spin freely. Myself and most of us here in the words of GM Junkie have, "Taken them apart so many times we can now do it drunk, upside down, and blindfolded." :L

It sounds like you have a binding problem. Perhaps it might be on the horseshoe brackets. There is a great link here on the correct way to do it. Do a search for lazy eye, or headlight or something and you will find it. You will get it right.

Good luck.

Paul

 

[Pauly]

Do the knobs feel like they are kicking back or just tight?
What year?

Hi vetteoz

Thx for you reply

they are kicking back clockwise whith force so they are getting very tight

1985 model

 

[Pauly]

Hi Pauly, welcome to the forum.

The headlight knob should be able to open and close them no matter what position they are in. It should spin freely. Myself and most of us here in the words of GM Junkie have, "Taken them apart so many times we can now do it drunk, upside down, and blindfolded." :L

It sounds like you have a binding problem. Perhaps it might be on the horseshoe brackets. There is a great link here on the correct way to do it. Do a search for lazy eye, or headlight or something and you will find it. You will get it right.

Good luck.

Paul

Thx Paul

Sounds like you guys are an old hand at this I just need to keep at does that knob activate a switch in the headlight motor .

noted I will search for the lazy eye .

Cheers mate

 

[vetteoz]

What I found with mine ('87) was the limit switch at the end of the motor was out of adjustment , so the motor continued to get power after the light switch was off.
The load on the armature at the end of the light travel is supposed to push the floating armature back ,closing the limit switch and cutting off power.
Was also the unknown battery drain I had
As a test ,trying opening lights with battery disconnected

 

[Pauly]

What I found with mine ('87) was the limit switch at the end of the motor was out of adjustment , so the motor continued to get power after the light switch was off.
The load on the armature at the end of the light travel is supposed to push the floating armature back ,closing the limit switch and cutting off power.
Was also the unknown battery drain I had
As a test ,trying opening lights with battery disconnected

Hmm ok I had them working perfectly yesterday we just backed off the manual knob which freed up the the gears I would suspect not to sure !!! we adjusted the headlight door so the knob was not getting so tight ..... maybe we are looking at the wrong thing but the motors are from ecklers I thought it may just be a matter of bolting them in & "viola " they would work but this is not the case very frustating