Hey all, when my headlamps are up while driving if I hit some bumps on the road my head lamp pods will bounce, which in turn makes the lights bounce. Any ideas why this is happening, I looked at the linkage and I see a plastic ball socket is snapped in. So I dont know whta else it could be.
TIA

 

I had this on the S4 but it was the ball/socket. These get brittle and can snap and so not locate properly. Suggest you double check by trying to gently wobble the headlight when retracted and deployed.

Good luck.

 

Ok, Ill double check when I get home. I see there is a tension spring on PET, but I dont remember seeing any type of spring up in there, could that cause it?

 

Has John been sitting on your hood again?

 

Justin,

If the tension spring is missing (I think the pt # is 928 750 291 02) the headlight assembly will dip/rock forward slightly, and then rock back. My passenger side headlight does this when I pull up to a stop. I've pulled it apart and the "locking segment" is broken and the spring is missing.

 

I never sat on his hood, I promise. I only sat on the front bumper cover at his request to try to settle his front suspesion after the 4th time we replaced his front springs. Sean: quit trying to stir him up, he is stirred up easily enough already.

 

I would recommend a bra for THOSE DER 'head lamps'...
perhaps even a 'sports bra' if ya know the journey is gonna be a rough one!

 

Some other things that can happen are the upper stops can disintegrate and fall out, allowing the lights to wobble or the headlight motor can slip downward in the mounting slot so that the headlights don't come up all the way against the upper stop. First make sure your upper stops are present and in good shape before you do anything -- you may be able to just replace them and solve the problem. You'll have to get up into the fenders and look.

Here's how to see if your problem may lie in this area: With the headlights up, give them a wiggle fore/aft and see if the base (the part that comes up and covers the hole in the fender from below) is moving at all. If it is, you have one of the issues mentioned above(or worse, possibly a bad pivot bushing).

What you need to do is, still with the lights in the up position, loosen the motor and pull it upwards so the lights are held tightly against the upper stops and tighten the motor mounting screws while holding upwards tension on the motor. If this fixes the wobble on both sides, you're done.

If it improves but doesn't quite fix it, note the position of the crank on the motor, and which direction it turns -- lower the lights and crank them back up by hand until the crank arm is 5 or so degrees shy of where it normally stops in the "up" position and repeat the steps above to make sure the motor is as high as it can go. Make sure you don't stop too much before the normal "up" position, or when the motor activates you may bend or break something. You just want the motor to push the lights firmly against the upper stops so they don't wobble, but not so hard that it overstresses anything.

 

Dave, I did exactlly that last night, I havnt driven it yet but I think it will be improved. The lights dont come all the way up against the stops still though. Both tension springs are present,both stops are present and with the rubber pad on them. If this dont fix it then im at a loss. I pulled the motor all ther the way up and retightened,I dont think it can come up anymore.
TIA

 

If it's still wobbly, try my suggestion of positioning the arm just before the top of it's travel. This will make the lights press firmly against the stop -- more firmly than you can get it to do just pulling the motor up by hand. Cycle the lights manually after you do this to make sure there is not excessive pressure.