cornerofdivision

I'm sure most firebird owners have had the gear of their headlight motor become stipped. I was wondering if it would be better to buy a replacement gear, like the metal ones found on ebay. Or to buy a whole new or used motor? I know replacing the gear would be cheaper, has anyone here done it and how tough was it?

FormulaLT1

I changed mine to the bronze one's and its not too bad. I figured it was better to do it right once than having to do it over like 3 times in a couple years. The bronze ebay gears come with step by step instructions and is not that hard even for a novice and it will save you the trouble of having to worry about doing it again down th road. Good Luck

John

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Mr. Luos

http://www.bfranker.badz28.com/headlightfix/index.htm

I haven't had to replace mine yet. I will get the brass gears when I do though.

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1999 Pontiac Trans Am WS.6 #1747
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cooltc2004

Any of those work on a 3rd gen?

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99onI95

Like formula I replaced one of my gears with bronze. Also check your rubber stops on the headlights worn stops will cause your light to bounce even after gear replacement.

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2010 ALCAN 5000 driver

I own or have owned:
98 Ram Air firebird-WS6 hood and rear decklid, WS6/C5 vette rims, 30th anniversary taillight section, tint
E36 convertible BMW-05 17'' BMW wheels
02 Volvo S60 AWD turbo-Stock
00 Audi A6 4.2L Quattro-Bridgestone Potenzas
03 C240 Benz 4matic-In progress
04 2.5rs Impreza-Reverse front mount intercooler hood scoop, Apexi catback, tint
04 GSXR-Power commander, K&N, gears, crash cage, suspension, LED tail

oxiderush

the moron i just bought my car from installed a 3 in cowl hood that didn't line it up right, and overlapped the headlight doors. That's probibally why the're burnt out on my car