headlights wont go down and making a real quiet ticking noise

[JumpInTheFire.com]

headlights wont go down and making a real quiet ticking noise
i just got done fixing one of my headlight motors by replacing the gear. so now thats fixed.. but now sometimes when i goto turn the headlights down they will make a real quiet ticking noise.. its not the grinding noise that it makes when its slipping. what is causing that? the headlights go up and down fine aobut 5 times, then the last time when i have them up and then goto put them down..they dont move and it makes that ticking noise

[Tom Rs]

Re: headlights wont go down and making a real quiet ticking noise

could be the gear is stripped. you checked to make sure noting is caught in the path ?

[JumpInTheFire.com]

Re: headlights wont go down and making a real quiet ticking noise

it goes down when i push on a little bit. must be something too tight or something in the way. i just read a mod on ls1tech that should fix it. something to do with the "stop bolt" or something

[Tom Rs]

Re: headlights wont go down and making a real quiet ticking noise

what yr ? 93-97 ?

[JumpInTheFire.com]

Re: headlights wont go down and making a real quiet ticking noise

98 ,,,,

[Christopherrr]

Re: headlights wont go down and making a real quiet ticking noise

If this problem occured after your gear replacment, check the arm that lifts the headlamp up (it looks like a "V" when retracted). Installing it backwards causes the headlight to lift but come down because its jammed.

You can manually retract the headlamp...watch the arm as you do it and see which way the arm collapses. I believe the correct way for the to collapse is the the bottom the "V" pointing towards the front of the car...if it's backwards, it'll jam.

[Christopherrr]

Re: headlights wont go down and making a real quiet ticking noise

the gear/motor/arm assembly are all the same for all the years. Only headlight assembly are different.