W163 Ebay Blend Door Actuator Failed in a month
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W163 Ebay Blend Door Actuator Failed in a month
Hello all,
I went to the trouble of pulling out my dash to replace the original OEM blend door actuator with a part I bought on ebay. I was super careful to install it correctly and grease the sliding parts to give it the best chance of lasting. But its already failing after less than a month!!
What I like to do is replace the gears on the original unit and just trash the ebay part. I've found an ebay seller of the gear - https://www.ebay.com/itm/Blend-Air-D...-/172412268146
Has anyone has success with using this rebuild kit? It looks to be 3d printed gear and I was hoping for a metal gear replacements. I'm looking for the most robust unit or rebuild so that I dont have to keep taking the dash out to replace a failed one.
I went to the trouble of pulling out my dash to replace the original OEM blend door actuator with a part I bought on ebay. I was super careful to install it correctly and grease the sliding parts to give it the best chance of lasting. But its already failing after less than a month!!
What I like to do is replace the gears on the original unit and just trash the ebay part. I've found an ebay seller of the gear - https://www.ebay.com/itm/Blend-Air-D...-/172412268146
Has anyone has success with using this rebuild kit? It looks to be 3d printed gear and I was hoping for a metal gear replacements. I'm looking for the most robust unit or rebuild so that I dont have to keep taking the dash out to replace a failed one.
