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Post by 72charger on Feb 12, 2009 11:13:01 GMT -5
Can anyone tell me, how hard is it to disassemble and rebuild the hideaway headlight motor?? Mine is locked up solid, in the closed position, and i don't know if there is anyone in my general area that could rebuild it. Basically, all I want to do is take it apart and free up the gears so that I can manually open the doors. Please let me know, I will be waiting to find out. Matt
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DynoDave
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Post by DynoDave on Feb 12, 2009 11:18:08 GMT -5
I think Tom might be our resident expert on these. I've had a few, but never had one lock up like that.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2009 12:08:28 GMT -5
while it is true that I buy/sell a lot of them, I would not by any means call myself an expert with them from a repair standpoint. I have dabbled with them a bit in the past but never could seem to get a hand of adjusting the contacts for the limit switches. I think most seize up due to rust at the lower bearing and shaft. If one is hard to turn, I just spray lots of PB blaster or WD40 into them and try to gently turn it back and forth and loosen it up. If that does not work, I just sell them as cores to people who do rebuild/refurbish them. Site member "bohog" has a bought a lot of cores from me and does a terrific job reconditioning them.
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Post by dogbert22 on Feb 23, 2009 22:19:23 GMT -5
Had one that was "tight", could hardly turn the knob on the end with channel-locks. Decided to "take it apart" and have a look/see. First order of business was to remove the knob at the end of the shaft. It is a press-fit (thanks Tom!!) and using a 2-jaw puller it popped right off. Next I wire-brushed the protruding shaft and then hit it with WD-40 before using the puller to push the armature/shaft through the bronze bushing at the end of the motor. Now lubing both bushings after cleaning armature with 400 grit sand paper and brake-cleaner. So far so good...
End of story: It now works great, good as new. Don't be afraid to tear into one of these. The gear system has a simple cam to open/close contacts (for each direction, up or down). The only special tool I used was a puller to get the end knob off, but since it's a press fit you might be able to leverage it off with a pair of screwdrivers.
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