Headlight Adjusting

From: Rob Agnew (ragnew@islandnet.com)
Date: Wed Dec 30 1998 - 19:02:20 EST


On Wed, 30 Dec 1998 HKUSP40578@aol.com wrote:

> Just curious but does anyone know a very good wayto adjust the headlights
> on my 93 Dakota 4x4? I have heard something about pulling up to a building,
> about 25 feet away and checking for beam placement, just the directions
> were not that specific to tell me what they should be.
> Any suggestions? Any techniques?

ya, I just installed a new headlight (the whole assy.) and had to readjust
them.. I found a nice big white flat wall and pulled up about 15-20' away
from it.. trying to get as stright to it as possible and the used a T15 (i
think) torx bit and just adjusted both headlights untill they were about
1-1 1/2' feet above the ground and were farily centered to each other...

- - nick

www.digivill.net/nicksdak

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The service manual has specifications for headlamp adjustment..., it is a
set distance from a wall (25 ft), on the level and properly centered.
Measure the height and position of the center of each headlamp and transfer
to the wall. They go into quite a bit on how to do this .... then, I quote
"The preferred headlamp alignment is 1" down for the up/down adjustment and
0 for the left/right adjustment".

Rob Agnew
ragnew@islandnet.com

Victoria, B.C.
Canada



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