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1981 Headlight Motor Gear Replacement
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4 years 2 months ago #22173
by BloodyFoot
1981 Headlight Motor Gear Replacement was created by BloodyFoot
While my '81 headlight turn on (very important to pass the Texas Inspection), they do not rotate into an upright position.
I removed the motor and the bushings etc are all in excellent shape.
The culprit is the fiber gear that runs off the worm gear. At some point before I acquired the car the worm gear chewed away several of the fiber gear teeth preventing it from rotating the headlights. I can understand the engineering behind wanting to have a more fragile piece in the system to prevent the electrical motor from burning out when the headlights encounter resistance during rotation. Just hope there is a fix someone care share with me.
Attaching photo of the fiber gear.
Question - are those fiber gears, or an aftermarket equivalent, available and from where?
All the best,
I removed the motor and the bushings etc are all in excellent shape.
The culprit is the fiber gear that runs off the worm gear. At some point before I acquired the car the worm gear chewed away several of the fiber gear teeth preventing it from rotating the headlights. I can understand the engineering behind wanting to have a more fragile piece in the system to prevent the electrical motor from burning out when the headlights encounter resistance during rotation. Just hope there is a fix someone care share with me.
Attaching photo of the fiber gear.
Question - are those fiber gears, or an aftermarket equivalent, available and from where?
All the best,
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