Lazy Eye Headlight problems? I found these thicker bushings you can use.
03-30-2006, 04:43 AM
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Lazy Eye Headlight problems? I found these thicker bushings you can use.
I thought this may be worthy of a new post. After all, there have been numerous threads on our lazy eye headlight problems. Some of you have had success using the Home Depot bushings/spacers to fix your headlights, others have had a problem with those same bushings just being completely crushed.
Well, for anyone who's interested, I found some alternate Home Depot spacers/bushings to use for our headlights. Initially, I was going to use the Home Depot 27/64" x 29/64" bushings that were recommended. Well, after i purchased them, i got back on the forum, did some more reading, and found out that some of you have had problems with the bushings being crushed after only 3 or 4 uses of the headlights. I didn't want this to happen to me, so i went back to home depot to look for some different bushings. I came across these:
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1/2" long x 1/2" OD x 194" ID
Part # 30699 87228
These bushings are much thicker than the other ones that have been used. However, the circumference of these bushings are just a little too large for everything to fit together properly. These bushings fit insde the big plastic gear just fine, however, I could not get the metal piece (flux capacitor looking thing) to fit back on without shaving the outside of each bushing. I did not have to shave off very much of the bushings. Using just a utility knife, it took a total of maybe 5 - 10 minutes to shave a small outer portion of each bushing (I only had to shave the small part of each bushing that "touched" the metal insert.) All i had to do was shave enough off of each bushing so that the metal piece could fit snugly back into the gear. I had no problems with the 1/2" height of the bushings, just with the circumference.
Here are a couple of comparison pics between the thicker bushings i purchased, and the other thinner bushings.
Keep in mind if you decide to purchase these, buy the ones that show 194" ID. There are some other, slightly thinner 1/2 x 1/2 bushings that have a 257" ID.
I tested my headlights numerous times and the passenger headlight works like new - no problems whatsoever
No more lazy eye for me!!! 
I hope this info helps some of you out.
Well, for anyone who's interested, I found some alternate Home Depot spacers/bushings to use for our headlights. Initially, I was going to use the Home Depot 27/64" x 29/64" bushings that were recommended. Well, after i purchased them, i got back on the forum, did some more reading, and found out that some of you have had problems with the bushings being crushed after only 3 or 4 uses of the headlights. I didn't want this to happen to me, so i went back to home depot to look for some different bushings. I came across these:
Spacer
1/2" long x 1/2" OD x 194" ID
Part # 30699 87228
These bushings are much thicker than the other ones that have been used. However, the circumference of these bushings are just a little too large for everything to fit together properly. These bushings fit insde the big plastic gear just fine, however, I could not get the metal piece (flux capacitor looking thing) to fit back on without shaving the outside of each bushing. I did not have to shave off very much of the bushings. Using just a utility knife, it took a total of maybe 5 - 10 minutes to shave a small outer portion of each bushing (I only had to shave the small part of each bushing that "touched" the metal insert.) All i had to do was shave enough off of each bushing so that the metal piece could fit snugly back into the gear. I had no problems with the 1/2" height of the bushings, just with the circumference.
Here are a couple of comparison pics between the thicker bushings i purchased, and the other thinner bushings.
Keep in mind if you decide to purchase these, buy the ones that show 194" ID. There are some other, slightly thinner 1/2 x 1/2 bushings that have a 257" ID.
I tested my headlights numerous times and the passenger headlight works like new - no problems whatsoever
No more lazy eye for me!!! I hope this info helps some of you out.
03-30-2006, 02:40 PM
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Thanks for the write-up. My Home Depot bushings are holding up just fine going on three years now...
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