Headlamp install question

[ricwilli46]

I successfully removed the headlamp assy and changed the bulb, now I am trying to re-install the assy and am having problems getting the headlight adjuster cable mounted on the assy! Any special trick to this? :roll:

[SIR tricky]

Can't help you with that one, never having actually removed the cable. Why did you remove the cable anyway?

[ricwilli46]

Because I had to fish for the right speaker wire when I installed the new power amp. For some reason the wire was jammed and wouldn't pull out to where I could get to it in the left pocket.

There has to be a simple way to get it re-attached...I just haven't found it yet!!

[admin]

Having a helper hold the headlight while you hold the cable plate down and start the screws might help. It is akward because the cable seems a little short but it can be done if you're patient and careful. You need to get the headlight at just the right angle to give you the most cable slack.

[William_86]

remove the aim knob. the nut and a couple of washers, then push the thing inside the fairing, then you can pull the cable a bit and install the plate with the 3 screws. to install it u must remove the pocket and u're done.

i never got to change my headlamp bulb or marker lights without doing those steps.

[ricwilli46]

Actually I figured it out from a Haynes manual (I knew there was a trick to it!). You hold the light at a 90 degree angle with the adjuster at the bottom of the assy and it slides right in! I spent 2 hours figuring this out...I hate that!

Thanks for the answers,
Ric-

[admin]

It's all in the angle. Glad you finally got it.