Headlight adjustment

[Flash]

What size socket do you use to adjust the headlights?
The smallest socket i have is 3/16" and it as loose as a dick in a wizard's sleeve.

1/4"?

 

[koda2000]

i ran into the same problem this past weekend. there must be a special tool for it. i thought about using a small allen bolt with 2 nut jammed on it as an adapter. another trip to the hardware store i guess.

 

[Flash]

Heh, that's what I was thinking too.

I found my tool for holding small taps, I was going to see if that worked but it got dark.

In my first post I meant to ask 1/8th, not 1/4. 1/4 would be ok.

 

[Flash]

I found some small Allen head screws that had the right size Allen, er, hole.
I screwed one into the end of a short length of dowel and used it like a screwdriver.

It works.

 

[1998Exp]

4mm. It's a metric size, but if you insist on standard, 5/32" should work.
And yes, there are special tools for that. The one I am using is a slim double-sided 4/4.5mm 'gear wrench'. You can find those on line from many sources (just google 'Ford headlight adjuster'). I think that I got mine from JEGS for about $15). These are are designed to fit in tight spaces, but on the Ex there is plenty of room, so a 4mm socket on a 1/4" ratchet drive should work.

 

[Flash]

Thanks 1998Exp, but it's too late. I've adjusted my headlights using my kludged tool.
Actually, it's even more kludged than I let on; it's not a short length of dowel at all, it's a short piece of stick.

Good Aussie hardwood though.

 

[RomeovilleIL]

There are plenty of small sized fasteners in these trucks. Get a cheap 40 or 50 piece socket set with small metric and standard sizes. They are great for low torqued things like the headlight adjustment or taking out the dash. Save a lot of headache and can be had for $4:

http://www.harborfreight.com/40-pie...-1-4-quarter-inch-drive-socket-set-47902.html

 

[dalrac]

WHERE do you buy new adjusters? Mine has a long shaft 6 inch and a right angle drive to adjust the headlight

 

[donalds]

I got new headlights and adjusters for $50 on the rock

 

[dalrac]

What is the rock please?

 

[koda2000]

What is the rock please?

RockAuto on-line auto parts, aka RA

 

[donalds]

What is the rock please?

Sorry I am just used to saying the rock

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