Bonecrusher3480

Hey guys, at the stealership they were wanting to charge me $574 for a new headlight motor on my 86. That was not including labor. I can do it myself, but need to know the best website to get the motor from. Where have you guys bought yours when they have gone bad?

Thanks in advance!

Nowhere Man

they are very easy to rebuild. what is wrong with yours

Vette Jockey

Do not Buy a motor. All you probably need is three bushings. The bushings are cheap and it is a fairly easy repair. There is a very good article on how to do the repair as a sticky. As I recall, your year takes two gears, so do not get confused if they talk about one gear, as that is the later model.

I have a ’95 and bought a brass bushing replacement, but all it needed was bushings. The first clue is if it clack- clack- clack- clacks when it is going up or down at the end of its travel. It will take about an hour to fix if you have everything ready.

ch@0s

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

http://www.zip-corvette.com/GroupDetails/SubGroupResults.aspx?gid={eec6e07c-6504-4e79-98da-1a2e7f2a5556}&SearchType=_GROUP_SEARCH&G roupName=Headlight+Motor+Repair+%26+Gear s&

JackDidley

86, has no bushings.

Sam5828

I had mine fixed in like 15 min. Excluding a hr dry time on gorilla glue. Some dummy put 3 nuts instead of new bushings. So it cracked the gear so I gorilla glued it and it works great.

WW7

If its the right hand motor you need this is a new AC Delco unit...WW

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuine-GM-A...sories&vxp=mtr

Vette Jockey

Have a nice flat space on your work bench covered with something soft that will not scratch your paint. When I took mine off it suddenly dawned on me that the paint would be facing down while you work on the motor. It was not my only project

SantinoBlanco

I got mine from contemporary corvettes in bristol pa

LT5corsa

$10 repair

Cliff Harris

'86 does not have the bushings. Those didn't come until '88.

I suggest taking it apart before buying any parts. What I've seen is that the metal worm gear chews up the plastic gear. This apparently happens when the headlight slams up against the stops when it opens and closes.

I've been through two of the plastic gears on my left headlight. The right one is still fine after 26 years. Now I keep a spare:



There is a bronze gear available that supposedly cures this problem forever.

jim spitzer

The po on my car put the bronze gears in my 90 before anything went wrong. He said that I should not have any problems. So far the lights work fine

motor city dave

My first clue of it going bad is when i seen the deer out of the corner of my eye......Just before it hit and sheared off my headlight.