Head Light Door Motor Problems
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Dec 2001
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From: Fort Worth Texas
Head Light Door Motor Problems
When I turn on or off the head lights I noticed the passenger side motor keep spinning for a few seconds after the door is fully closed or open. And the motor does not make the bad gear noise like my TA did before I replaced the plastic gears in both motors. My GM two GM shop books does not have any information about this problem.
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Nov 2004
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From: Land of Whiskey Rebels, PA
Sounds, to me, like the bushings are going bad. I didn't see a reason to replace the gears (no missing teeth, etc.), so, I just replaced the bushings. I cleaned everthing and used white lithium grease to lubricate them. Nowhere, could I find the proper type of grease to use inside that motor (actually, a gearbox). So, we'll see how long it lasts, if nothing else. So far, so good.
I posted my experiences (and frustrations) in another post here somewhere.
I posted my experiences (and frustrations) in another post here somewhere.
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 777
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From: Fort Worth Texas
Originally Posted by j-wireman
Sounds, to me, like the bushings are going bad. I didn't see a reason to replace the gears (no missing teeth, etc.), so, I just replaced the bushings. I cleaned everthing and used white lithium grease to lubricate them. Nowhere, could I find the proper type of grease to use inside that motor (actually, a gearbox). So, we'll see how long it lasts, if nothing else. So far, so good.
I posted my experiences (and frustrations) in another post here somewhere.
I posted my experiences (and frustrations) in another post here somewhere.
Thank you for the information. I did the gear replacement on our WS6 TA, at least on the LT4 Vette I do not have to glue the case back together. I ordered a new gear and bushings just in case both were bad as I only want to mess with this one time.
