[Wayne 962]

Started working on the headlamp mechanism. It wasn't raising the lamps too easily - seemed like the mechanism was all gummed up:


The gear mechanism looks like it's out of some type of English tractor and then has been modified:




I took the whole thing apart, and found this spring on the inside that was looking worn out, so I lubed it and then I just removed it (it was a backlash spring):




Put the whole mechanism back together:




Guess what? It didn't really make an improvement! Frustrating!!! I'll put the spring back in when I have a few free minutes in the future. I think the motor may just have grease inside that is gumming it up or something like that. Or perhaps the cable that goes to the mechanism is gummed up. Or maybe the mechanism never really worked too well to begin with - it seems a big underpowered. It's a very cool setup with the lamps that popup like that out of the fender though!


-Wayne