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Originally Posted by hbofinger
I had gathered as much by now. I'm not the guilty culprit - I just have had this car for the last 20k miles (out of 117k)!
But I have to say - now that I found a new one for $50, this is not the worst thing that can happen. Wish I knew how to weld though - I think it's a trip that several people on this forum actually re-used the old one, after welding a piece of metal in place and filing new teeth out of it!  |
I don't believe such an approach is conducive to a long term fix. The shape and fit of the teeth to the pinion on the motor is important. It's likely that both the new teeth and the teeth on the motor will fail in the future with the welded approach.
A replacement regulator is the way to go.