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Mazda RX-7 FD Retractable Headlight Motor Repair

2020.10.25
FD, Mazda, Repair, Retractable Headlight, RX-7

See the article below for how to remove the retractable headlight assembly. Remove the two screws and disassemble the switch. There is a black dirt on the contact. Especially, black dirt are attached to the central contact and the inner contact. Clean this with a waste cloth. It has become clean. With this, I connected 12V and confirmed the operation, but it stopped at a certain point on the up side. Further verification. Even if you look at the circuit diagram, it’s a simple circuit, so what’s wrong? There is no problem because the relay clicks. Probably due to poor contact. The operation of the retractable light is like this. A short circuit between the red circle in the middle and a blue circle on the inside is a half-turn up operation, and a short circuit between the red circle in the middle and the yellow circle on the outside is a down operation. How do you control it … The blue circle on the circumference of the inner terminal has no copper plate and is disconnected from the middle terminal. This is the position where the motor should stop working. At that time, the terminal in the middle and […]

Mazda RX-7 FD How To Remove Retractable Headlight

Fiddling

2020.10.25
FD, Mazda, Remove, Retractable Headlight, RX-7

The left side of the RX-7’s retractable headlights has stopped working. If you move it up and down manually, the motor will occasionally react. After removing the bezel of the light, remove the headlight cover while raising and lowering the light. Remove the two bolts indicated by the red circles in the image. Remove the two bolts on the back side indicated by the red circle. When you’re done, remove the battery. Remove the two bolts from the battery side. After that, put your hand through the gap of the light and remove the lower bolt. Now when you disconnect the retractable connector and the bulb connector, the light will come off. This is the retractable assembly. Don’t forget to remove this linkage to remove the motor. The link ball can be removed by levering it. Continue to repair of retractable headlight motor.