headlight bracket question

openroad · Aug 13, 2011

Question:
Did I put these on upside down?

L.A.B. · Aug 13, 2011

openroad said:
Did I put these on upside down?

Yes, upside down on the wrong sides as the slots are not horizontal.

openroad · Aug 13, 2011

Upside down, wrong side...but NOT inside out. OK then....

Now I have to mess with those O-rings again.
Just what are they there for, keep things from rattling around?
Where are they supposed to end up?

Thanks!

L.A.B. · Aug 13, 2011

openroad said:
Now I have to mess with those O-rings again.
Just what are they there for, keep things from rattling around?

Apparently so!

Crude-but reasonably effective!

openroad said:
Where are they supposed to end up?

A single O-ring fits between the bracket and the top yoke and 2 O-rings fit one on top of the other between the bracket and the lower yoke.

openroad · Aug 13, 2011

Guess I accidentally got that part of the assembly procedure correct.

I was actually more sure of the brackets being right until I ran out of clearance between the gauges and headlight shell.

Thanks!

CanukNortonNut · Aug 13, 2011

Openroad
use a little O ring grease to hold them in place two at the bottom one at the top. Bit of a pain but well worth it because they do stop rattles that you will hear. I Know! :wink:
Cheers
CNN

openroad · Aug 13, 2011

I had some grease tube grease, still a royal pain, needed more hands than I have available, and some specialty tools:

Probably made it harder than it really is, but there's a lot going on all at once while I'm fumbling and cussing around with it.

At last!

CanukNortonNut · Aug 13, 2011

There you go openroad....Feel better now that its out of the way. It even looks proper. :mrgreen:
Cheers
CNN

openroad · Aug 14, 2011

Thanks, it does look right. (it better!)

Hey, what is O-ring grease?

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