Fed up with light adjusters!!!

[silverscottsk10]

Bought new adjusters and they worked for about two minutes until I shut the hood, lights are crooked again, anyone have a different way to hold them?

 

[bucket]

What's the problem, are they breaking? Or just popping off the headlight bucket?

Do you still have the tension springs on your headlight buckets?

 

[silverscottsk10]

The plastic pieces keep snapping and 6$ for two adjusters is out of the question, I can't get them set close to right before they strip or snap the plastic

 

[CSFJ]

Are you sure the screws you're using are the correct ones for the application? sounds like they may be a bit too large.

 

[silverscottsk10]

They are the stock replacements
Same size as the original
But the plastic is cheap and strips or breaks on the first bump
I don't enjoy looking at the ground at night lol

 

[CSFJ]

That sucks. factory replacements or aftermarket?

 

[silverscottsk10]

Factory I assume

 

[bucket]

So wait, are these new or used?

FWIW, the ONLY time I've ever had trouble with headlight adjusters breaking is because of a wreck or because they were old and brittle and I tried to remove them. And I've dealt with more than my fair share of headlight adjusters.

 

[silverscottsk10]

New

 

[Dadof2]

I recently replace the adjusters on our 1991 Sub and the head lights have remained in place after 2-3 months. I bought them at O'rielly's if that helps or matters. Plastic appears to be quality stuff and we live on the worlds worst dirt road so they undergo a daily jarring and vibrations.

 

[silverscottsk10]

I'll try O'Reilly
I'm ready to make my own lol

 

[Ghetto]

I bought dirt cheap ones at my local parts store and they are holding up just fine..weird

 

[VAL]

I had the same problem a couple years back. I just put a washer and nut on it. Its a pain in the ass to adjust them because you have to hold the nut with a small wrench while turning the adjustment screw. But once you have it where you want it, it stays there.

 

[blublazn86]

I got the factory ones for my 87 from my local Chevy dealer and I have had no issues at all with them. The GM part# is 365270. Hopefully that will help you.

 

[silverscottsk10]

I had the same problem a couple years back. I just put a washer and nut on it. Its a pain in the ass to adjust them because you have to hold the nut with a small wrench while turning the adjustment screw. But once you have it where you want it, it stays there.

So I'm not crazy lol, what I may do is a rectangle piece of metal wider than the hole, with two flanges to keep it from spinning and drill a hole and tack a nut to it, ought to hold better