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OOOOO Fook ! Help.
« on: 05 February 2011, 18:41:24 »
Further to earlier post.

Having removed and reinserted the motor in my headlights they are now BOTH pointing Way too high.

What have I cocked up !
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Re: OOOOO Fook ! Help.
« Reply #1 on: 05 February 2011, 19:05:32 »
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Further to earlier post.

Having removed and reinserted the motor in my headlights they are now BOTH pointing Way too high.

What have I cocked up !

They connect via a ball & socket don't they? Have you engaged them properly? You can always wind them down via the Allen socket drive as shown on top of the light.  ::)
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Re: OOOOO Fook ! Help.
« Reply #2 on: 05 February 2011, 19:29:15 »
MUST have something to do with the motors as they were fine before. How do I know that the ball is in the socket correctly....hard to tell for sure while you're locking the motor assembly in to place.
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Re: OOOOO Fook ! Help.
« Reply #3 on: 05 February 2011, 19:46:13 »
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MUST have something to do with the motors as they were fine before. How do I know that the ball is in the socket correctly....hard to tell for sure while you're locking the motor assembly in to place.
It is a few years since I swapped my headlights but my recollection is that I took the rubber cap off the dipped beam and tipped the mirror down so that the socket was close to the hole for the motor. I was then able to engage the ball before pushing the motor in to place.
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Re: OOOOO Fook ! Help.
« Reply #4 on: 05 February 2011, 19:54:55 »
You sir are a bloody genious.
I have a spare and did exactly as you said and its worked.
Now im going out in the cold to remove the lights AGAIN and will do it right this time. DUH.
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Re: OOOOO Fook ! Help.
« Reply #5 on: 05 February 2011, 23:06:48 »
Lights are back almost to normal..still get the field of vision error but at least they light the road and not the stars now.

One thing interests me though.

How come, with the engine running I can reach in through main beam hole and move the lense around so freely.

Whats to stop the lense moving and bouncing around as we're driving along and changing the distance and direction of the lights..
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Re: OOOOO Fook ! Help.
« Reply #6 on: 06 February 2011, 00:53:14 »
Er there is a safety issue with hids, I wouldn't be poking around in there with ignition on.

But the plastic adjusters may be busted and need replacing with the aluminium ones available on here. But that's not your issue with the field of vision warning.
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Re: OOOOO Fook ! Help.
« Reply #7 on: 06 February 2011, 00:58:15 »
What/Where are said plastic adjusters.

Do you mean the white plastic things on the end of the steel rods at the top of the lights..the ones that can be adjusted with an allen key ?
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Re: OOOOO Fook ! Help.
« Reply #8 on: 06 February 2011, 01:21:34 »
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What/Where are said plastic adjusters.

Do you mean the white plastic things on the end of the steel rods at the top of the lights..the ones that can be adjusted with an allen key ?
It's part of that mechanism yes. Alen key adjuster to toothed wheel that goes inside the light and adjusts the beam. The bit that brakes is inside the light.
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1271424451
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