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Old 06-21-2016, 09:14 PM
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One of my headlight beams, the left low beam, can (and does!) rotate. Can someone please tell me the fix for this?
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Old 06-22-2016, 06:11 PM
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The lens has come unglued from the reflector bucket, which is a relatively common issue. My RH side low beam did the same.

You can try to glue it back, but its probably easier and more reliable to get a used lens from a salvage yard or eBay. If you try to glue it back together, I'm not sure what to recommend you do to prep or glue it, but it is theoretically do-able.

Used headlights aren't very expensive though, which is the route I went.

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Old 06-23-2016, 08:54 AM
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As Al stated, this is not an uncommon anomaly. One of my headlights had this issue.

I removed it, cleaned it up, and applied a thin bead of two part clear epoxy. It's held up for over four years now.
 
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Old 06-26-2016, 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by caldercay
As Al stated, this is not an uncommon anomaly. One of my headlights had this issue.

I removed it, cleaned it up, and applied a thin bead of two part clear epoxy. It's held up for over four years now.
I actually did the repair by removing it and applying glue-epoxy glue. This was done today and hopefully all will be fine.
 
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