re aligning headlights

[mcdonald58]

i think my headlights are aligned bad and are pointing to far up the road. im looking to realign them but cant find out how to do it. i looked around my headlight and just saw bolts with washers that i cant put a socket over. how do i realign my headlights?

 

[06FordFX4]

those bolts are what you want sir.

i believe they are 4mm.... i think.

clockwise will adjust them down.

you will want to measure how far off the ground the headlights are, park 25 feet away from a flat wall, then adjust the headlights down till the main ball of light is equal height as the headlights are from the ground..

if that makes sense.

 

[buggman]

yup, like 4mm or 5/16" or something crazy small like that.

I found that by using a right angle socket wrench with the small socket on the end where I can turn a crank on the handle instead of trying to ratchet the wrench in the tiny space makes life much easier.

 

[06FordFX4]

I ended up using a crescent wrench. lost the 4mm socket. wasnt hard, just took a few minutes to get it down to where i needed mine (t bar crank and 400 lbs in bed for winter)

one side of mine it broke off so i had to use vice grips.... that **** wasnt fun lol.

they are fragile, so just be careful with em

 

[mcdonald58]

Alright thanks ill do this tomorrow. I was looking for actual bolts and not the washers. I'm sure ill have the tools in my mechanics tool set.