FLC RECEIVED A NOSEWHEEL STEERING FAULT LIGHT.

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ACFT HAD RECENT HISTORY OF NOSEWHEEL STEERING AND OTHER FAULTS. ALL LOGBOOK DISCREPANCIES WERE SIGNED OFF. FOLLOWING ENG START; RECEIVED A NOSEWHEEL STEERING FAULT WHEN #1 GENERATOR CAME ON-LINE. RESET FAULT IN ACCORDANCE WITH COCKPIT OPERATING MANUAL. ALL INDICATIONS AND OPS NORMAL. ADVISED MAINT CTL AND DISPATCH OF SIT; AND QUERIED MAINT AS TO WHETHER THEY WANTED US TO CONTINUE; OR RETURN TO GATE BASED ON RECENT HISTORY. MAINT CTL ADVISED THAT HE SAW NO REASON NOT TO CONTINUE SINCE ALL FAULTS WERE CLRED AND OP WAS NORMAL. WE CONTINUED UNEVENTFULLY TO FINAL APCH AT DEST. FOLLOWING GEAR EXTENSION; WE RECEIVED NOSEWHEEL STEERING FAULT; LGC101 FAULT; ANTI-ICE STANDBY PLT MESSAGE. ALL GEAR WERE DOWN AND LOCKED. COMPLETED ABNORMAL PROCS IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR COCKPIT OPERATING MANUAL. WE WERE UNABLE TO RESTORE NOSEWHEEL STEERING. PRIOR WRITE-UPS HAD STATED THAT NOSEWHEEL STEERING WAS RESTORED BY CYCLING ANTI-SKID/NOSEWHEEL STEERING SWITCH. CALLED MAINT CTL AND ASKED IF THEY RECOMMENDED THIS. ON MAINT CTL'S RECOMMENDATION; USED EMER AUTH AND CYCLED ABOVE SWITCH. NOSEWHEEL STEERING WAS RESTORED TO NORMAL. EXECUTED UNEVENTFUL LNDG. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THERE WERE NO DIFFICULTIES WITH TILLER OR RUDDER PEDAL DELAYS IN GND OPS. THE FAULT INDICATION WAS CORRECTED BY CYCLING THE SWITCH AS REQUIRED BY IRREGULAR PROC FOR THIS INDICATION.