Hi all
I'm in the middle of replacing the bushings and I'm at the stage of putting the bushings in the white gear.
I purchased my bushing from Zip and they are marked for C-4.
My problem is the bushings seem to be too fat. The bushings won't allow the shaft fit all the way into the white geer.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Mike

 

I understand your problem. I need to work on mine soon.
Go to the C4 search forum and type in headlight bushings, head lights or bushings. There
might be some tips you can use if no one else replies.
Let us know what you find out.

 

http://www.corvettemagazine.com/body...1988-1996.html

they will fit, just push harder.

 

Yes they did fit caused I pushed harder. 22mm socket and a vice did the trick. I'm always afraid to force thing unless someone else has had success doing so.
Only issues were a broken compression pin and the bold (hardest one to get to) was frozen. Other than that pretty simple job, only one trip to the hardware, no extra parts, no bloody fingers and both lights work!
Thanks for the help
Mike

 

Try to clean it well and then lub the contact areas it.

 

Never get em from ZIP I ordered a bunch of them and they are too big, I had to sand everyone down as I repaired motors. Forget shipping charge and waiting go to the help section in an auto parts store and get the FORD power window motor bushings. Same thing and they fit.

 

For a couple years there were many of them being sold that were too big. Mid America finally realized it and made theirs right.
I took the ones I got from them and sanded them with a Dremel !

Saw the thread admitting wrong size here on the forum.

 

Let me help here. First off the bushing are for a press fit, I am the one who made the drawing for our bushing and it is the same dimension as the original factory bushings. I still have some new factory ones floating around here somewhere but they were also a press fit. In order to install them you have to lay the plastic gear on a vice(that is what I use) and have the vice open just enough for the center of the gear where the shaft runs through it to sit in. (You want the majority of the gear sitting on the top of the vice like a bench) Once you have done this you put the bushings in the gear and put them all the way against the edge of the gear. You take the aluminum insert that has the steel shaft and you insert that into the gear. It will not go in, but you posistion it so that the edges with the radius are aligned with the edge of the bushings. Once you have done this it is time to press it in, I use an arbor press but that is not needed if you don't have one. You can take a socket and put over the shaft that will press on the aluminum insert and not the shaft, and give it a couple of gentle hits with a hammer an it will pop right down. If the bushings went in loose then headlight would be loose when it was moving around. It would rattle and vibrate and eventually break your new bushings. I just installed a set of these last week and they are the same as when we first made them. If someone is telling you they are too big then it is that they just do not know how to install them and assume they are supposed to drop in place, that is not correct. The correct way is for a press fit.
Justin

 

Hate those 'wobbly' headlights!

 

Makes sense they are a friction bushing. Would not work well will a lot of slop. And a most impressive and very through response. Maybe I need to start ordering from you folks instead of the other parts houses. GC

 

Thank you.
I will say this that may lead to some of the confusion. The instructions that I wrote I say to press it by hand, which on some of them you can and depending on how strong you are. I used to be able to but as I get older it is easier to just put it in the vice and let the hammer do the work for me. I will re-write the instructions to make it easier on everyone.
Thanks
Justin

 

I bought mine from you folks and they fit perfectly, also bought a bunch of other items from you folks and they are great also. just thought I'd chime in. tappin lightly with the hammer did the trick.

 

I can vouch for Zip Products. They not only treat their customers right, they treat their vendor right as well. I have been and customer and vendor of theirs for over 14 years.