Headlight Gear Options For Early Style Headlight Motors
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Car: 1985 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am
Engine: LB9 305 5.0L V8 TPI, Stock
Transmission: 4-Speed Automatic, Stock
Headlight Gear Options For Early Style Headlight Motors
Sorry if this has been asked prior I have not been able to find it if so. I have a 1985 Firebird and I am at a loss trying to find a main gear that will fit my headlight motor, it is straight cut and overall not in terrible condition but does have a stripped tooth that slips. I've got a replacement intermediate gear coming as that also broke a tooth off and caused my headlight to stick. I have since filed off that tooth and it seems to not stick as often which I need it to not as this car is my daily. This happened during my attempt to raise the headlight to replace the lamp and instead it just broke a tooth before coming up. I have the motor out but reassembled in its current state to prevent my cats from eating the grease.
Getting to the point, are any other headlight motor gears compatible with the 1st gen motors? I can do light modifications to make the gear fit but I would prefer nylon in case of it not fitting instead of it breaking the rest of the motor assembly, swapping to the later style 2 wire is not possible for me as my electrical knowledge is questionable at best. My gear holds 4 rubber bushings with 2 side by side separated by a divider built into the gear and held in place by a cage. If anyone is able to give me information on this it would help a lot as I have spent days searching for a replacement
Getting to the point, are any other headlight motor gears compatible with the 1st gen motors? I can do light modifications to make the gear fit but I would prefer nylon in case of it not fitting instead of it breaking the rest of the motor assembly, swapping to the later style 2 wire is not possible for me as my electrical knowledge is questionable at best. My gear holds 4 rubber bushings with 2 side by side separated by a divider built into the gear and held in place by a cage. If anyone is able to give me information on this it would help a lot as I have spent days searching for a replacement
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