My HID jiggle found
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Racer
Joined: Feb 2004
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From: St. Paul MN
My HID jiggle found
I am just finishing up my Radio Flyer HID projector install, and ran into the HID headlight "jiggle" that many people have reported. I verified I wasn't experiencing the common problems: the loose motor mounting bolts, the motor shaft nut, the two hinge torx screws, or a loose arm pin. All of those are tight and/or loktited. George's projectors, aluminum frame, and HID bulbs are all snug as a bug.
It turns out that one of the preliminary steps to installing the headlights caused my jiggle. The stock adjusters are usually siezed, and you may break them during adjustment if they are not freed. I had just twisted each of the adjusters forward and backward about 45 degrees to break them loose. That action created enough slop in the short-armed adjuster gear so that the bolt passing through it can wiggle.
To snug it up I used a zip-tie. A better solution would be to get a lock-nut to fit the adjuster bolt. Looks like 18 threads per inch, about 1/4" diameter. You'd have to unthread the whole adjuster to put that in tho.
My Jiggle Fix
Hope this helps others with the jiggles. Mine's rock solid now.
Todd
It turns out that one of the preliminary steps to installing the headlights caused my jiggle. The stock adjusters are usually siezed, and you may break them during adjustment if they are not freed. I had just twisted each of the adjusters forward and backward about 45 degrees to break them loose. That action created enough slop in the short-armed adjuster gear so that the bolt passing through it can wiggle.
To snug it up I used a zip-tie. A better solution would be to get a lock-nut to fit the adjuster bolt. Looks like 18 threads per inch, about 1/4" diameter. You'd have to unthread the whole adjuster to put that in tho.
My Jiggle Fix
Hope this helps others with the jiggles. Mine's rock solid now.
Todd
