WS6 Rampage

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Replaced the cheap *** GM crap with a new metal one. I bought it from a guy on Tech. Can't remember his name at the moment. But these are some photos I took. I thought it could help a few of you out there.

This is after I cracked her open. The grease inside was toast!!


Thanks GM for all the glovely plastic!! Someone needs to get kicked in the sack for this.


Soo I cleaned it up as best as I could.



I don't know what that opening is there for but it's no bigger than the tip of a small flathead screwdriver.


That's a clean *** gear baby!!


And thar she be Capitan!....



Add a lil grease and seal er back up!

... Hope this helps someone.

LS6427

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The metal gear is a good fix. BUT...if you're the handful or people that have bad luck with them, that new metal gear will eat up that "worm gear" pretty soon. It happens every now and then. Then you need a new motor.

http://www.bfranker.badz28.com/headlightfix/index.htm

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WS6 Rampage

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I did it awhile ago. I only just recently noticed that I still had the photos on my phone. So I decided to share.

LS6427

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Cool....I think I might do that with two new motors soon. I can't believe that I did the plastic gear "flip fix" on my drivers side motor like 6 years ago and its still good. But I'm gonna yank these two out and put two new ones in with metal gears and see if I get lucky with them. That worm gear will get eaten up in a weeks time....so if you get past that, it'll probably last forever.

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Adam2001WS6

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On the contrary fellas.... I replaced my driver's side gear with a metal one from BFranker and it hasn't eaten up the worm gear. It's been a year and a half... and not a single problem. I'd say let it eat, but if you really want to replace it, then go for it.

LS6427

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You missed the point......a "HANDFUL" of people have bad luck with the new metal gear getting completely eaten up in one week. I know a couple people that it happened to. Most have no issues. Problem is, if the metal gear and the worm gear don't match up 100% perfectly and tight....it will not work for more than a week or two. The metal gear will win the battle and kill the worm gear.

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sjsingle1

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got a brass gear from rodney dickman.......his are better than the others IMO.....i used PLENTY of grease.....and plastic epoxy that i got at wally world.........still goin strong almost a yr later

LS6427

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Yup.....a good metal gear kit....and cheaper than bfranker.

http://my.execpc.com/C4/4A/rodney1/firebird/

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RONIN LSX

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BUMPING and SUB'ing for easy find!

chrysler kid

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Easier to buy a brand new unit from autozone that has a lifetime warranty. Brass gears will still get stripped eventually

MasterTomos

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I installed my Bfranker gear 6 years ago after grinding off the "flipped" side and the motor is still fine today. "flipped" the other gear around the same time and have had no issue with it (knock on wood)

My metal-geared motor did, however, brake off the plastic stop tab that's attached to the header panel to stop the headlight arm a few years back Not sure if that's related to the gear or not, but it certainly was annoying.

bboyferal

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They have them?

I needed all new motors some years ago, and I looked everywhere. I was only able to find them online.

That's good to know.

chrysler kid

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Yeah replaced one of mine last year, I also flipped the gear but the other side was bad too after 148k miles.

It looks like they have raised the price $65.99 for a remanufactured one, they also sell a replacement gear too