2nd Gen Headlight Pin Replacement (Page 6/6)
theogre APR 14, 07:42 AM

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Originally posted by Rodney:
For those reading this topic: How many of you have had broken gears or slipping shafts in their 87/88 headlight motors?

Asking this all year but the sample is too small to mean anything. 100 people can say no problem and still mean nothing because No-one looks until a part is dead. The damage gear I had could been there for months but the motor started jamming to open the door.


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Originally posted by Rodney:
You are wrong. Period. I've sold thousands of these Delrin bushings for over 20+ years. Where are these thousands of broken motors??

Yup. You Eckler's and others think you knows better than GM Ford and other engineers to push Delrin pins for Gen2 motors for around two decades. Yet you never bother to find what plastic used by GM Ford and Dorman and what for development? Just copy or "improved" Eckler's pins?

For the rest of that statement... You don't read? Or just ignore this for whatever reason? Maybe Pretending your a victim to sell? Or afraid that others might read all data here.

Already said where they are and why is not a regular topic.
Plus Most people don't report failed parts or products to you or anyone else. More so when parts break more then a year from buying them. Often not even when many parts have a lifetime warranty like AZ starters and alternators.

My case took years for the pins to damage the gear and finally break the output shaft BECAUSE I do not drive the Fiero more then ~1500mpy. (I was a little off above.)
last 3 DMV inspection tracking odometer numbers for last 6 years and I get next one in May.
05/15 219515
05/13 216831
05/11 212864
=1342mpy average for 13-15
=1983.5mpy average for 11-13
=1662.75mpy average for 4 years

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Rodney APR 14, 07:53 AM

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Originally posted by theogre:

Plus Most people don't report failed parts or products to you or anyone else. More so when parts break more then a year from buying them.




Baloney. Most everyone here would be posting here if they bought parts from me or anyone else if they were failing/doing damage.

Again: I have been doing this for over 20 years and have only seen a handful that have stripped the aluminum piece and even less that have had a broken gear.

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fierofool APR 14, 09:54 AM
I have. X2

http://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum4/HTML/074775.html#

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82-T/A [At Work] OCT 09, 11:56 PM
Figured I'd add onto this thread, rather than start a new one. Does anyone know where we can source new headlight gear bushings? Not talking about the pins that go in the rebuildable motors, but the actual bushings that go between the armature in the headlight assembly?

I was able to make a fairly decent set from a junkyard car, a parts car, and my original Fiero; however, I'd prefer to all have matching sets. I greased them when I re-installed them (machine grease, not lithium grease)... but if someone sells a new set, that would be better. Anyone know of a place that sells these?


Unnecessary and gratuitous picture of re-assembled headlight assembly:

Mike in Sydney OCT 10, 12:51 AM
Rodney Dickman sells the plastic bushings that go on the lift arm. Is that what you mean?

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Mike in Sydney

theogre OCT 10, 01:09 AM
Not sure what you mean...

If motor bearings etc. are worn or bad not just needs new gaskets...
I would get New motors and stop rebuilding old ones.
cheap have little/no warranty
AZ Cardone and other are more expensive but lifetime warranty.

RD has some link bushing, link from motor output to HL bucket in http://www.fiero.nl/forum/F.../HTML/143021.html#p6
http://rodneydickman.com/ca...h=32&products_id=362
Large bushing for bucket pivots have to look elsewhere. Maybe Dorman in Help!

If parts are plastic or rubber... Unless "machine grease" is plastic/rubber safe can cause same problems using any oil/grease including most syn types.
GM install nearly all plastic/rubber pivot bushings dry. Can take apart, clean all, spray only metal w/ Dry Teflon and done.
82-T/A [At Work] OCT 10, 01:58 AM
YES!!! That is EXACTLY what I mean! Thanks guys, I appreciate it greatly! I've been on his site for days and for some reason those never popped up!!!