Corvette headlight rebuild...
Corvette headlight rebuild...
Anyone familiar with C4 Corvettes is probably familiar with the clunk-clunk-clunk of the headlight bearing popping due to disintegrated bushings. Here's an example of a new gear with new bushings vs. The original from 1996.
The photo also shows why "upgrading" to a bronze gear is almost always worthless. As long as you replace the bushings before the debris chews the gear up, the gear doesn't fail. The kit I bought from Amazon includes a new nylon gear, so I'll replace it, but the original gear is good enough to clean up and add to the parts graveyard.
The photo also shows why "upgrading" to a bronze gear is almost always worthless. As long as you replace the bushings before the debris chews the gear up, the gear doesn't fail. The kit I bought from Amazon includes a new nylon gear, so I'll replace it, but the original gear is good enough to clean up and add to the parts graveyard.
Understeer: You will hit the wall with the front end.
Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
Horsepower: How hard you will hit the wall.
Torque: How far you will move the wall.
Gone hunting with Alec Baldwin and Dick Cheney. Back soon.
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The yellow crumbs are all that remains of the origin 3 bushings...
Understeer: You will hit the wall with the front end.
Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
Horsepower: How hard you will hit the wall.
Torque: How far you will move the wall.
Gone hunting with Alec Baldwin and Dick Cheney. Back soon.
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Sneaky way to advertise your meth stash.
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1997 MX-5 track car
Friday at the Track, Chin Trackdays, SCCA WDCR Novice Classroom Instructor, SCDA, Audi Club Potomac, TrackDaze HPDE Instructor
June 16, 2017 Funland GoKart Champion (6:13 p.m. main event)
Willing to risk life for track time
Re: Corvette headlight rebuild...
Heh. It turns out that the crap that they packed the gear with was some kind of elastomer. Specifically, it was a shitty elastomer that turns into boogers after 22 years.
The delrin bushings are the aftermarket's solution to a booger-free headlight.
The delrin bushings are the aftermarket's solution to a booger-free headlight.
Understeer: You will hit the wall with the front end.
Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
Horsepower: How hard you will hit the wall.
Torque: How far you will move the wall.
Gone hunting with Alec Baldwin and Dick Cheney. Back soon.
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22 year old boogers...not good...not good at all.
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This topic made me laugh but now I’m also worried about the headlights on my 91 ZR-1 and my IMS bearing in my 996..... I will have to drive my Miata more.
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Miata! Don't read DT's racing post. You will be taking the bus.
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I’m going to have to get rid of my ZR-1 and 996 and get a new ND Miata.....32wildbilly wrote: ↑Thu Jun 07, 2018 8:14 amMiata! Don't read DT's racing post. You will be taking the bus.
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I was vaguely concerned that the multi-LED setup would detract from the vintage 80s look of the Corvette, but if anything they make it even more turn-of-the-millennium. Kinda Tetris-y...
The T pattern is low beam; they are all lit for high beam.
I am really having to resist the urge to hack the bulbs to make each diode individually addressable and cook up a Raspberry Pi controller.
The T pattern is low beam; they are all lit for high beam.
I am really having to resist the urge to hack the bulbs to make each diode individually addressable and cook up a Raspberry Pi controller.
Understeer: You will hit the wall with the front end.
Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
Horsepower: How hard you will hit the wall.
Torque: How far you will move the wall.
Gone hunting with Alec Baldwin and Dick Cheney. Back soon.