Where is the best place to buy rebuild kits for the headlight motors, the fiero store , eBay , or some other place? Should I get kits with plastic or metal gears? I am thinking about rebuilding both motors while the weather is cold. I want to get ahead of the summer driving time.
Jim

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quote Originally posted by jimlong67: Where is the best place to buy rebuild kits for the headlight motors, the fiero store , eBay , or some other place? Should I get kits with plastic or metal gears? I am thinking about rebuilding both motors while the weather is cold. I want to get ahead of the summer driving time. Jim

If this is for the 86 that you have in your signature, then you might want to check with Rodney Dickman.

www.rodneydickman.com

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I just got gears, gaskets and plugs in a kit (2) from the Fireo store. I have a 87 GT. The parts worked just fine. I did both because there is still snow on the ground! I'm not sure if you have gen 1 or gen 2 motors.

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woodys 427

I highly recommend not going with plastic replacement gears. Use Rodney's alum. gears. He also includes a great grease with the kit and it makes a big difference!

You'd be a fool to not go with Rodney Dickman's parts. Do it right the first time.

quote Originally posted by woodyhere: I just got gears. I have a 87 GT. The parts worked just fine.

I would suggest strongly that everyone take their 87-88 headlight motors apart first before ordering new 87/88 plastic gears. Gear failures in the 87/88 headlight motors are very, very rare. The aftermarket plastic gears available today for the 87/88 headlight motors are most likely made of a much lower grade plastic than the GM factory original gears. In the years to come you will probably see these new aftermarket plastic gears failing in a relatively short period of time.

Many C5 Corvette and 93-03 Firebird owners call me crying the blues that they put in aftermarket plastic headlight gears and they failed in a few weeks.

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[This message has been edited by Rodney (edited 03-24-2013).]