Headlight aim adjustments By bobf (Read 388 times)

[bobf]

2008 MC 54 250, YY250T, with CFMOTO water cooled engine. Headlight problems.

When purchased the right headlight was loose in the housing. Recently I decided to check that out and then aim the headlights. Stripped of the windshield, cover over instruments, lower windshield cover, and the entire front cover.

Took out the right headlight. Of the three adjusting screws, one was not even engaging the sliding part that pushes and pulls the light frame. Put back together.

Tried to do an adjustment at 25 feet. Could not get any type of adjustment to work. Once again took the lamp out and found things at extremes. Reset to mid range. Then took out left light. Found one screw not engaged and reset the screws to mid range. Put all back together once again.

Tried adjustments on 15' distance for starters then at 25' range for final adjustment. I have crossed eyes with the max adjustments made. At 25' that just gets worse.

Right now I have quite. Just wondering if anyone has ever tried to make headlight adjustments successfully. I can control the height a bit more, right now they are a bit low and could be brought up. My problem is with the cross eye being the best left right adjustment I can make. I am at the limit of the adjustment screws. Screwed down till solid and still not showing on their side of the center line. Left light shines on the right side of the center line and the right light shines on the left side of the center line.

Is this unusual? I think I will just have to leave it at this time. I suppose I could put some washers between the lamp housing and the front cover to offset the light path.

Any comments would be appreciated. Maybe I am fighting something that most folks just do not bother with.
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[jct842]

I think I would shim it up and get it right no matter what it takes. One thing to double check is that the lights are wired right. If the low/high wires were crossed it would screw up adjustments big time. Being able to pick up a pair of deer eyeballs a hundred feet ahead is some thing I look forward for, to miss them could kill a person.

[bobf]

My final effort has ended. I did put some washers under the screws that would shift the light path more toward the center. It helped but did not fix the problem. I tried at 25 foot distance and still had the cross eyed problem. Dropped the distance to 10 feet for sharper patterns and got the the lights both pretty much straight ahead. But I could not get enough swing to have them both just a tad right of the center line. So I went back to the 25 foot distance and they were still not right of center line. But they were both on high beam level and pretty much straight ahead. Then I made my courageous decision, I quite.

Tomorrow I will finish the plastics and windshield. Now looking for cooler days so I can get back to riding again. Also need to get the scoot registered in Arizona and need to have the scoot with me. Arizona would not accept the title registration from Colorado. So they insist I bring it in for the ownership exam and verification. Arizona claims that my VIN does not appear in the data base but Colorado says it is there to be viewed. So one of them must be wrong. So I guess it won't hurt to have it examined again.
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