#4: Re: Broken headlight spring.
(SOLVED) Author: viragoxv, _files/icon_minipost.gif "Post") Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 11:47
am
Those pics certainly help show how
the spring sets on top of that tang. I am guessing that it is there to
stabelize the glass in the rim and restrict the headlight from vibrating
the light glass and bulb beam beam.
I presume the procedure to
remount would be, set the glass and trim ring in partially, then with the
assist of a needlenose pliers try and reset the spring as shownin the
pictures once the lamp is partially assembled and I can still get inside
the lamp housing, is this correct?
My next question is, Obviously,
during dissasembly I needed to turn out the only 2 screws holding th ring
to the housing to remove fully the trim ring, glass and old bulb within
and swap out for the new bulb.
I backed them both off fully, each
of course releasing their spring loose into the lamp housing. The 2 small
white nylon threaded blocks that the screws screwed into also fell into
the housing as the screws backed off and withdrew on th outside of the
housing into my hands. Once both screws (Also known as the adjusting
screws were completely out, then the glass with bulb and ring were able to
slide out of the assembly.
I put the glass on my lap, unscrewed
the black protective cover holding the bulb, repleaced it with the new
bulb, and then sat there trying to figure out how to reset the spring,
which the photos are very helpful, and now trying to figure out how the
hell I am going to keep the white nylon threaded keepers in their housing
for as soon as I move the assembly, they want to drop back onto the floor
of the assembly before I can get the screw shaft with spring started so I
can tighten them down.
Who would have thought this procedure was
so complex in such a tight space? No where in either Haynes or Clymer, or
the owners manual do they show the proper procedure and what to expect
with falling internal parts or I would have been prepared or maybe my
dissasembly procedure was not correct?? Alll I could read in any of th 3
books was to ismply remove those 2 screw on the trim ring. Sounds simple
enough, but here I sit. He He....OK what do I do next???
ViragoXV
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