headlight motor problem...need some help

when i turn off my headlights in my TA, it goes all the way down fine and smooth. when it gets to be fully lowered, it makes this god awful braahhhhhhh sound. Sounds as if the motor isnt being stopped from runnin when it goes all the way down. After about 5 seconds it stops. Ive done it a couple times see maybe if something was just a fluke but that isnt the case. Any ideas on whats going on?

I might happen to know. LOL! :D

Lots of details about your problem here and a free fix for you to try as well!

http://www.bfranker.badz28.com/headlightfix/index.htm

I ordered a rebuild kit for mine from this guy. The part got to my house in about 3 days. It took probably about a half hour to install. Highly recomended!
http://rodneydickman.com/retail.html

if this actually fixes it and no money comes out of my pocket.....im gonna be jumpin up and down, will post results. thanks a lot

Brent94Z......u are da freakin man. worked like a charm....now i can go out at night and not have to be embarrassed by my headlight. So happy right now

I ordered a rebuild kit for mine from this guy. The part got to my house in about 3 days. It took probably about a half hour to install. Highly recomended!
http://rodneydickman.com/retail.html

That guy is primarily a Fiero dude... wouldn't you rather support a hard core Camaro/Firebird dude like me??? :D

Brent94Z......u are da freakin man. worked like a charm....now i can go out at night and not have to be embarrassed by my headlight. So happy right now

Excellent! Glad the free fix worked for ya!

That guy is primarily a Fiero dude... wouldn't you rather support a hard core Camaro/Firebird dude like me??? :D

lol when i needed one i emailed you first and didnt get a reply i ended up purchasing thru him.

lol when i needed one i emailed you first and didnt get a reply i ended up purchasing thru him.

What?!?! I typically email everyone back in 24 hours or less (have a full time job so can't always email immediately :D ). When do you email me? Did it bounce? Let me know... I need to get to the bottom of this so it doesn't happen again. hahahaha

You should buy those metal gears from off Brent :D I had the exact same problem happen to me Friday night, it was getting really annoying and I didn't want to wait on the new gears to come in so I did the free fix that Brent has on his site.

I did it last night, literally only took like 10 min to fix the problem and that includes the time I took to find some WD40 to use on the arm that goes over the shaft on the motor :D

Thanks a lot for having that write up on your site Brent... I owe you a case of beer or two!

I have a very annoying problem with my driver's side light. When I'm driving along and hit even the smallest bumps the whole light housing shakes & I can see the light flickering off of any reflective object- VERY annoying! Any suggestions or info is appreciated.

That guy is primarily a Fiero dude... wouldn't you rather support a hard core Camaro/Firebird dude like me??? :D

Opps, my fault I didnt even see that you sold them. I thought that feiro guy was the only one. Well now I know who to talk to when my other one goes.

ill purchase them in the near future no doubt.

In answer the question about the flickering headlight. I had the same prob with the headlight that just stripped the gear. My guess is that with it stripped it wasnt moving to its full up position causing it to woblle just that little bit. Everything is nice and tight now.

I don't have a Firebird to go look at to verify this but I think there is a hard plastic "washer thingy" somewhere on/between the raise/lower arms. If this wears out, I think it will make the light wobble like that.

Sorry I don't have more details... I just heard about it once and never saw it or any pics.