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David Riedle
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JUN 30, 08:48 PM
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Of course, the passenger-side headlamp motor went bad on my Indy. I ordered a new aluminum gear and installed it. Everything went well, but when I went to reassemble everything, the motor binds. Gears work fine and everything is in the correct place. I determined that the magnet is coming into contact with the rotor. I found that the magnet floats and I believe that when I put everything together and screw both sides together, it should go correctly in place.
Unfortunately, that appears to be incorrect.
I even removed the gears, and just bolted the sides together. No joy...
Anyone have any idea what I'm doing wrong?
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hnthomps
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JUL 01, 11:17 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by David Riedle:
Of course, the passenger-side headlamp motor went bad on my Indy. I ordered a new aluminum gear and installed it. Everything went well, but when I went to reassemble everything, the motor binds. Gears work fine and everything is in the correct place. I determined that the magnet is coming into contact with the rotor. I found that the magnet floats and I believe that when I put everything together and screw both sides together, it should go correctly in place.
Unfortunately, that appears to be incorrect.
I even removed the gears, and just bolted the sides together. No joy...
Anyone have any idea what I'm doing wrong?
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Contact Charlie Sewell (Fierofool on PFF) and he may be able to help since he rebuilds the headlight motor assemblies.
Nelson
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Dennis LaGrua
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JUL 01, 12:27 PM
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Did you replace the magnet (stator) assembly back in the case exactly as it was removed? When you put the two case halves back together , did you make sure that the rubber bumper insert at the top was back in its place in the housing? Are the rubber inserts in the gear positioned properly? ------------------
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David Riedle
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JUL 01, 04:27 PM
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Dennis:
Did not remove the magnet at all. I made certain to mark it so that the I even oriented it in the housing the way that it was removed.
I am going to take everything apart this evening and check the inside of the magnet. Maybe something small and steel got in there?
Dave
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