"headlight problem"/please help!

[sxyvet]

hi there guys,
hope you all had a great christmas day and all!
i just noticed today that when i put the headlights or just parkers on that when the hood is open the left hand side top turning knob on the headlight motor spins around bye its self and makes a whining noise!
it stays like that for 5-8 seconds then stops and every thing is fine then!
and then when i go to turn parkers or lights pop down it makes that niose again!
it still operates ok up and down but the noise is annoying and infact when it does make the noise the headlight motor vibrates a bit as well!

what could this be guys?

may be the gear?, or may be the derlin bushings maybe?
any ideas or help would be really great!
thanks guyus
cheers
glen
sxyvet
Australia

 

[Baldie88]

Probably the bushings. Mine acted the same way until I replaced them. Do a search and there are probably many threads explaining the procedure. First one was a PITA. After you've done one the second one is a snap.

Good Luck.

Ron
"Baldie88"

 

[speedmaster4]

bushings almost certainly....if ignored this problem eventually fries the headlamp motor control module

 

[sxyvet]

r.e headlight!

bushings almost certainly....if ignored this problem eventually fries the headlamp motor control module

hi there guys,
thanks for the replys and valuable info about fixing it beofre i fry the motor relay module!

should i replace the gears while i am at it with new bronze gears as well along with the new derling bushings?
thanks heaps
glen
sxyvet
Australia

 

[speedmaster4]

bushings should do it...like bal 88 sez after the first time its ez, so if ever necessary,goin back for the gears is cake

btw..this problem surfaced on buddies vette,scheduled by murphy...i just happened to have 89 (?) pontiac sunbird flip-up headlite assy's (were meant for james bund license plate project) that are identical drive mechanism,just left/right reversed...if u want to stock spares

 

[Edmond]

Jon will be here shortly with a link to a step by step on how to do it. The bushings are really inexpensive, I think I paid about $9.00 with shipping for both headlights. But it took me a couple of hours to do the work just on one side. The bushings were non-existent, they were just ground into powder at that point. This was about 2.5-3 years ago.

 

[sxyvet]

hi edmond,
how are you!
i brought the 6 bushings a while ago but have not had the time to replace the bushings!
can i replace the bushings with out pulling the whole headlight motor out from the hood?
thanks for the link you will give me!
cheers
glen
sxyvet
Australia

 

[speedmaster4]

no...unless u are a direct descendent of Harry Houdini

 

[Edmond]

Glen,

Here it is: http://www.corvettemagazine.com/2001...ghts/head1.asp Jon posted that for us years ago and it's the guide!

If you can figure how to do that without pulling the whole headlight assembly out, you're going obliged to do it for all of us here! :L

 

[sxyvet]

hi edmond,
sorry the link doesnt work an more for some reason!
thanks
glen

 

[JonM]

hi edmond,
sorry the link doesnt work an more for some reason!
thanks
glen

For some reason...corvette magazine site is down...but here are a couple more...

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/zrjuan/headlight.html

http://www.corvettefever.com/howto/33098/