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13 hours ago, Lengrep said:

Do they adjust properly, or are the screws stripped like mine?!


For reasons that were probably based 98% on return-on-investment, the adjusters on U.S.-spec headlight buckets are a cluster-f***. They were bad in 1966 and have neither changed nor gotten better since that time.

 

Ireland Engineering, however, sells sets of improved bucket hardware: see photo below. Definitely an improvement! But since the part that generally “strips” is the cheap plastic “nut”, some owners have also made their own replacement nuts, generally from plastic.

 

Best regards,

 

Steve

 

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1976 2002 Polaris, 2742541 (original owner)

1973 2002tii Inka, 2762757 (not-the-original owner)

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5 hours ago, Conserv said:


For reasons that were probably based 98% on return-on-investment, the adjusters on U.S.-spec headlight buckets are a cluster-f***. They were bad in 1966 and have neither changed nor gotten better since that time.

 

Ireland Engineering, however, sells sets of improved bucket hardware: see photo below. Definitely an improvement! But since the part that generally “strips” is the cheap plastic “nut”, some owners have also made their own replacement nuts, generally from plastic.

 

Best regards,

 

Steve

 

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Thanks!!  I ordered the repair kits.  Originals are really poor quality!!

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January 30, 1973 Agave tii

April 24, 1974 Chamonix Turbo (German delivery)

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