90 headlight motor

[jwn4854]

heard a noise under the hood this am. had not run the car in a week and the passenger headlight motor was making a noice and the knob was turning. i turned on the lights and they opened but would not close. the motor kept running and the knob turning. i unplugged the wire, the driver headlight door closed but i had to turn the knob to close the passenger headlight door and went to work.
anyone have a suggestion. thanks joe

 

[gkurtz]

It sounds like clutch bushings in the motor. Just did mine this week. Go to one of the catalogs like mid america and buy the bushing kit. They are $5 per pack of 3. Buy 2 kits one for each side. If the other motor is ok now it will do the same thing real soon.
Go to the link below for a pretty good repair detail

http://www.corvettemagazine.com/2002/february/c4lights/light1.ASP

 

[ßill]

Sounds like the three little plastic bushings in the pass side assembly are warn out. I had the same problem on my '90, I got new gear sets from one of the catalogs. Cured my problems.

Good Luck

 

[jwn4854]

thanks, i will get em ordered and get em fixed. i did have this door stay open one time last summer. must have been the beginning. do you recommed doing both sides?
joe

 

[gkurtz]

thanks, i will get em ordered and get em fixed. i did have this door stay open one time last summer. must have been the beginning. do you recommed doing both sides?
joe

Yes its only a matter of time. All the factory gel type bushings turn to dust. Its not hard to do. The first side took me an hour. I did the second side in 30 min. Heres the instruction linkhttp://www.corvettemagazine.com/2002/february/c4lights/light1.ASP
Good luck