Generation I head light motor disassembly **Thanks to Jazzman, sanderson, and Rodvr6 for technical corrections to my original posts**
Over the last two days below 5* Fahrenheit I’ve finally joined the proud group that have had problems with their headlights.
As I removed the headlight assembly, I noticed that I only had 3 nuts holding it in, although there should be 4.
I removed the three bolts that hold the motor to the assembly. And the nut on the little arm.
The arm didn’t want to come off the shaft so I removed the clip circled in red. The clip shot off going about mach 2 in a northwest direction. So if any one in Montana finds it, PM me and I’ll give you my address to mail it back.
The motor’s out now. Laying on the deck lid like a beached whale. I’ve never had very good luck trying to drill out metal rivets in plastic so I went straight for the dremil and a small grinding tip.
As I was grinding the rivets, the metal dust was sticking to the case around the magnet. So after a good blow job... with compressed air I opened it up.
