Has anyone removed the big round gear in this gear box for the front windows?
My housing has at least one and maybe two stripped threads.
I would like to remove gear so I can either tap for larger bolt or install inserts to use the original.
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I did - gearbox was mounted in holder (vice) so the little metal gear was loose upside down (wasn't clamped), but housing was on stable area, then took flat bolt (dimension a little bit less than dimension of the gearbox center bolt) & started gently hit with the rubber hammer (in place marked with red arrow), after 10-15 gentle hits gears where disassembled from each other (little metal gear still left with the center bolt); Make it gently because you can easily bent gearbox aluminium housing.
Back assembly - little metal gear with bolt should be still upside down, but this time it should be locked on stable flat area (so it does not collapse after hammer hit), use something like key socket as the adapter between big plastic gear and hammer when hit.