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Old 09-03-2007, 01:24 PM
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my left side headlamp motor gear is stripped and makes a Godaweful noise when it goes down for about 6 seconds. do i need to change the whole motor assembly or just the gear??
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Old 09-03-2007, 01:50 PM
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Personally, I would buy the brass gear on ebay. But you can just take the gear out and turn it over and use the non-stripped side.
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Old 09-03-2007, 08:32 PM
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yeah i was going to say the brass gear set usually does the trick. do an advanced search and youll get the answers you need
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http://www.bfranker.badz28.com/headl...tm#MetalGuide2
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Do the brass gear, easy swap and solves the problem
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