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| Need help removing a broken headlight mounting assembly; broken headlight mounting assembly | |
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| 1992 Swift - BC Guy | Sep 8 2015, 01:34 AM Post #1 |
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Hello. My passenger headlight assembly (on my 1992 Suzuki Swift 2 door hatchback) appears to be broken, because when the hood is up, the passenger headlight is NOT stationary. The entire headlight (not just the interior headlight bulb) swivels up and down. It appears that one of the mounting bolts/screws is broken? (on some sort of weird white plastic hip socket mechanism thingy. Sorry I don't know what to call it? I am not sure if that is the problem or not? I will try to take a picture of this component tomorrow, but it is obscured by the headlights and front bumper cover, so it is difficult to see.) So my first question is which part is broken (or not secure), which is causing the headlight to swivel up and down. And my second question is which parts do I have to take off to gain access to remove the broken part? Hopefully I can swap the part off of my dead rusting 1991 Chevrolet Sprint 2 door hatchback parts car? (Even though the Suzuki headlights are about 1 inch wider compared to the Sprint headlights.) Edited by 1992 Swift - BC Guy, Sep 8 2015, 01:39 AM.
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| idmetro | Sep 8 2015, 05:11 AM Post #2 |
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Just worked through a similar issue. In my case it was the plastic hip socket piece you described that was broken. I wasn't able to locate a replacement and a similar part from a Metro wasn't the same size, what I ended up doing was disassembling the ball socket part (had to take out the entire headlight assembly to access it), then I took the socket piece from the Metro (smaller inside diameter), warmed up the metal ball with a propane torch and clamped the plastic socket over the top of it making the center the right size to contain the ball. Then I reassembled the unit and added a zip tie to the back side of where the plastic socket piece clips into the sheetmetal bracket. Perhaps not the finest repair but working so far. Good Luck!
Edited by idmetro, Sep 8 2015, 05:14 AM.
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| Otey13 | Sep 8 2015, 07:44 AM Post #3 |
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To take out the whole light assembly, take out the side marker light first 2 screws, one on the side one inside the engine bay, it's on the assembly itself. Becareful and pull it out straight there is a plastic guide pin. Disconnect the socket. Jack up the car and take the wheel off. You will have to take off the plastic inner wheel well out to access the 2 nuts on the right hand side by the fender. Unhook your socket and there are 2 more nuts behind the assembly looking down on it, 1 one the lower right and 1 right below the main light adjust. Pull it straight out with a little rocking back a forth for a temp fix put a small ball of plumers puddy on the inside of the broken socket. That will keep it from jigging until you can find another adjusting socket. Otey Edited by Otey13, Sep 8 2015, 08:36 AM.
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| 1992 Swift - BC Guy | Sep 20 2015, 12:24 AM Post #4 |
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Well I fixed my headlight problem. The problem was that a little round connection thingy (on the end of a bolt), had popped out of its plastic clip. It turns out that this bolt, is the bolt for adjusting the up/down angle of the headlight. I had to rotate the bolt out about 7 turns, so that it was now long enough to reach and clip into the plastic clip. (a distance of about 1/2" total. Meaning that I now had the appropriate night time headlight angle in order to see properly and the headlight was now secure and not flapping up and down loosely.) Once the bolt (with the rounded end) could reach I popped it back into its plastic clip where it belonged. Then my headlight was stationary again (like it was supposed to be.) Now this seems like a Suzuki headlight design flaw? For I think the other end of the bolt (accessible under the hood) should have had a fixed nut on it? Then one could simply adjust the height of their headlight if needed? (But this was not the case, as the bolt end closest to the engine was simply threaded, giving you nothing to turn the bolt with.) Then to make matters worse, if the bolt was in its proper plastic clip, there was too much tight pressure on the bolt, so that you couldn't turn it by gripping the threads. So the only way to turn the bolt was to make sure the front end of the bolt was popped out of its plastic clip. Thereby making the bolt loose enough that it could be turned by hand. Thus adjusting the level of the headlight, and extending the length of the bolt forward so that it could reach the plastic clip (in my case). (My front bumper has been hit, so a few parts are out of alignment by a 1/4" or so.) Edited by 1992 Swift - BC Guy, Sep 20 2015, 12:32 AM.
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