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Old 10-13-20, 07:01 PM
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Default Headlight adjustment screw broke...

How to adjust headlight level when the mechanism controlled by the screw on headlight is broke... I needed to change a bulb and when putting in the new one it was really high... like a foot higher, I wasn’t man handling so not sure how it broke... anyone got any way to get around this? I tried taking apart the headlight with no luck...

tryint to fix this ASAP... everyone flashing there brights at me isn’t very nice lol
Old 10-14-20, 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by kambam3627
How to adjust headlight level when the mechanism controlled by the screw on headlight is broke... I needed to change a bulb and when putting in the new one it was really high... like a foot higher, I wasn’t man handling so not sure how it broke... anyone got any way to get around this? I tried taking apart the headlight with no luck...

tryint to fix this ASAP... everyone flashing there brights at me isn’t very nice lol
Jam some cardboard in there. You can aim it any way you want.
No, but seriously, if you're talking about the frame broke maybe you can use some JBWeld to put it back together. Or grab one from the junkyard, if there's any near you.
I thought your car was equipped with auto adjust lights. (no screws) Wasn't it your car that had the broken adjuster in the rear suspension? Maybe I'm thinking someone else, too many things on my mind.
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I just yesterday used JB weld on a broken headlight bracket that my neighbor ripped the front cover off of on her Yaris.That stuff is like steel.

I think my headstone should say 'He never ran out of epoxy'

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Old 10-15-20, 07:42 AM
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Originally Posted by spuds
I just yesterday used JB weld on a broken headlight bracket that my neighbor ripped the front cover off of on her Yaris. That stuff is like steel.
There ya go.
I love JBWeld since the first time I used it. I keep a tube in every car and every toolbox. First time I used it was to plug a hole in a clutch slave cylinder on my 91 Grand Prix cuz the cylinder was impossible to find cuz it was so very rare. It held the pressure for well over a year. Good stuff.
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