New Throttle Actuator Reduction Gears

[nholmes]

Originally Posted by drrust

You realize the black half moon gear is the wear item?

Not according to the 101,000 mile ones I removed from my car:



Notice the white gear material at the base of the housing.

[drrust]

Originally Posted by nholmes

Not according to the 101,000 mile ones I removed from my car:



Notice the white gear material at the base of the housing.

Did you look at the teeth of the black gear? Compare teeth profiles. There are numerous pictures in the throttle actuator DIY which show the severe wear on the half moon gear. I've replaced mine and the wear on the half moon was far greater than the white.

If the actuators were designed with maintenance in mind. They should have made the white gear the wear piece as it is extremely easy to replace.

[nholmes]

Oh yeah, both wear out for sure. These are just OEM pieces available for anyone that needs them.

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I'll be sure to include the new OEM torque gears as well. I'll dig them out and get pics.

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Price drop!

[GSTE34]

So these are brand new? Correct? Never been used?

[nholmes]

Originally Posted by GSTE34

So these are brand new? Correct? Never been used?

Yessir! These and the torque gears with shafts are brand new.

They came out of these brand new throttle actuators:

http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1342493