Product Description:
Firebird 87-92 Headlight Repair Kit,
Are you tired of your headlights failing to rise when energized or acting erratically? Repair your headlight actuators easily for a lot less than buying new units!
Models: This kit repairs the 1987-92 Firebird, 1987-88 Fiero, 1988-96 Corvette, 1988-02 Lotus Elan and Esprit.
Description: If your headlight motors run without stopping, yet they fail to raise or lower the headlights, this rebuild kit will solve your problem. If the motor doesn't run you may have a problem with the wiring or controller. If one headlight actuator unit has failed, the other probably isn't far behind. This kit contains enough parts to repair two headlights. Inside the headlight motor unit is a large nylon gear (see picture) that is driven by the worm gear on the motor shaft. This nylon gear originally contained 3 solid gel inserts that transfer the load from the gear to a 3-lobe cast hub that is part of the actuator shaft. These inserts harden and crumble with age, breaking down to roughly a spoonful of crumbs. At this point the gear will no longer turn the hub to raise and lower the headlight assembly. Instead hub will just free wheel on the gear.
This headlight repair kit repairs two headlight units. The kit consists of precision machined, close-tolerance solid Delrin bushings. These replace the gel inserts and makes motors operate like new. Three bushings repair one headlight motor assembly. This kit also includes two new side cover gaskets and a motor housing gasket. Two new zinc plated washer-head screws and nuts to mount the motor housing mount are also included, since the heads of the OEM screws often snap off on disassembly. A tube of White Lithium grease and a 4-page detailed instruction sheet are also included.
