Xj88

Another problem arose today lol. Couple months ago I rebuilt my steering column. When I did I broke the plastic piece in there that toggles the hi beams. When I got the jeep the hi beams would stay on a couple minutes then they would cut in and out. When I had my glass pack put on today the big guy that pulled my jeep in the shop moved the tilt which must have somehow turned the hi beams on. Now when I turn my headlights on they are on hi beams and will cut off and on after a couple mins of being on. I've played with the tilt and the lever to no avail. Any ideas? I hate driving with just my parking lights and my hellas

JamDeeper

you could get a new plastic piece

or you could rig something up on the high beam rod that goes to the ignition switch to keep the high beams off. you just wouldnt be able to have high beams.. unless your a good "rigger"

Xj88

What could cause hi beams to cut out but allow the low beams to work fine

JamDeeper

A worn out switch. You can look under the dash and see it bolted to the steering column. And see the metal rod going to it from the steering wheel. If the switch for the high beams (inside the ignition switch) is bad then that rod is just going to sit and bounce around inside the ignition switch.

Xj88

What's the easiest route for a fix? Idc to ride at nights with only hi beams..just need em to not cut out

JamDeeper

Give the rod a little wiggle with the lights pointed at your house or something. and double check that that's the main problem. Then you can go from there and find a way to keep the rod stationary so it won't wiggle around. If that won't fix it. I'd buy a new ignition switch.

Xj88

The thing is my low beams work great. But because I repaired the column and left out the black plastic piece for the hi beam lever the low beams were all I had. Somehow with the guy at the shop messing with the tilt he made the lever turn the brights on. Can't get back to low beams an the hi beams cut out. My pull switch on the left side of the dash is loose but it always had been. Just need to find out why the brights are cutting out.

Carl48

You need to get a new "black plastic piece". Without that piece, the rod will just float between the low beam and high beam contacts.

Xj88

Even before the piece broke my hi beams would cut off. Only purpose it serves is switching between low and hi. I'm trying to determine why the hi beams cut out.

Xj88

Need ideas....haha I'd like to go out tonight and show off my new tires...but my stupid hi beams are cutting off

Xj88

Bump

Xj88

Maybe if i ask this question I will get somewhere..haha...What would cause the low beams to work flawlessly (other than they suck ***), and the hi beams to stay on about 5 minutes than cut on and off? And how big of a pita would it be to fix?

Cherryokee

Did you notice if this high beam delayed-off issue began around the same time you installed the Hella set-up? It sounds to me like there's a few extra volts remaining at the relay coil that prevents it from de-energizing completely when you switch them off. If this is true then you need to find a way to bleed-off or drop those few stray volts. My '99 has factory fogs with the factory switch (illuminated rocker) and I had a high beam latch-up problem after installing a high intensity headlamp kit due to that stray voltage (~3Vdc) showing up always present at the coil for the high beam relay. I traced the voltage back to the factory foglight relay and added a couple diodes in series with it to drop as much as 1.5Vdc and now the high beams and fogs operate just right.

Xj88

No the hi beams have always cut off.

Xj88

Is there a way to disable hi beams other than the turn signal? Problem is my hi beams are stuck on and they cut out...I can run low beams fine but my mechanism that switches them on my turn signal doesn't work