Problem:
If you find your Pontiac Sunbird or Sunbird GT Turbo winking, blinking, or staring at other cars because one or both headlights won't go up or down then most likely it isn't flirting, it's telling you it is time to rebuild its headlight motors.Solution:
Don't throw away $100-$200 buying a new motor. 99% of the time the headlights fail due to deteriorating bushings. If you can hear the motor turning but the headlights don't respond this is your problem. The good news is you can very easily rebuild your own headlight motor using basic tools with my rebuild kit, which includes 6 bushings (enough to rebuild two motors) and step-by-step instructions, in about an hour or two. I have rebuilt many headlight motors using this kit and you too can save mucho dinero with my kit.
Dispelling Myths:
-I added a few notes because I noticed several unscrupulous sellers on Ebay are propagating myths to try to pump sales of their inferior rebuild kits.
1) Delrin is just a hard plastic under the name brand of Dupont. It's nothing magical...Sorry!
2) OEM bushings were NOT DELRIN. They were a gel that would harden over time and just disintegrate into a powder. Any seller telling you he is selling "OEM bushings" or that he's selling "Delrin just like the factory ones" is LYING. OEM NOS bushings would have hardened and disintegrated on a shelf after 30 years just like the ones in your motor. The OEM bushings fail due to AGE not usage. I had the OEM motor bushings disintegrate on a car I own with just 3000 original miles on the odometer.
3) My bushings are Nylon which is superior for this application than Delrin. If you want the winner for strong, durable, wear resistant, temperature resistant material, then you'll want my kit, not Delrin!
- Wear resistance: Nylon is superior to Delrin
- Strength: Nylon is 20% stronger in tensile strength than Delrin
- Temperature Tolerance: Nylon is superior to Delrin
- Delrin is better in some applications but not for these motors. For instance it is better if you're 3D printing, or machining...things you don't care about.
See the comparison chart in the listing pictures. Do a search on google if you don't believe it. Here's a great site that compares the materials:
https://www.rapiddirect.com/blog/delrin-vs-nylon/
4) Lifetime warranties:
Some sellers are offering a gimmick that they will offer you a lifetime
warranty on their bushings. A lifetime warranty on a $5-10 part? It's going to
cost you just almost as much to return the part as it would just to buy a new
one. And who knows how long this seller will be around, and whether he'll
"remember" you and honor his "warranty". I even have seen a
seller selling steel bushings and offering a lifetime warranty. Folks of course
steel will last forever even if it tears up your gears and motors, so he never
will have to honor his warranty. LOL
5) I have been selling motor rebuild kits on ebay and off ebay for over 20
years. In fact most of the guys you see on ebay copied my kit. Often buying my
kit and copying my directions then pretending they're an innovator.
6) When I first developed my kit it was because I didn't like the existing options out there. I independently and I thoroughly researched what material to use and decided for MY CARS, nylon was the best material and I wanted it on MY CARS. I offered it for sale to help others because no one else was selling these at the time. IF I had thought Delrin or steel were better I would have chosen those for MY CARS and for a kit to sell you, but they are inferior. The guys pumping those materials chose them because they can get them CHEAP and because there is a marketing myth that people think Delrin is some magical material and unwary buyers eat that up. They have sold out for $.
7) I use what I sell. I have rebuilt my own motors for cars I own and plan to own for 50 years. I rebuilt my own 3000 original mile car's motors with the same kit I sell you. I have owned cars I've rebuilt the motors on for 25 years or more. The kits have been in continuous use for over 20 years in one of my cars and over a decade in others, without a single sign of failure. I am confident the bushings in my motors will outlive both the car and me.