Anatomy of a headlight
Thread Starter
|
Cruiser
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 248
Likes: 0
From: Kyle, TX
Anatomy of a headlight
I have an '07 Softail Custom. Lately I have noticed that the front light shakes like crazy, and I really notice it at night because all the road signs flicker really bad thanks to the bad shaking it does. It feels secure, but I can wiggle it slightly by hand. The main piece holding it the bike is solid, but there are two pieces that seem to attach inside the light, almost like a hinge, and that is the part that moves.
I have attached a picture for reference. The part that says no movement is where it is attached to the bike. The part that says "movement" is where a piece goes into the inside of the headlight and when I manually try to move the headlight up and down, is where it looks like the swivel is coming from.
Is this normal? I don't see other bikes headlights shaking so much. Is there a way to tighten this up? It's annoying at night.
Thanks
[IMG]local://upfiles/24973/401241585B494329B66DBA336636D622.jpg[/IMG]
I have attached a picture for reference. The part that says no movement is where it is attached to the bike. The part that says "movement" is where a piece goes into the inside of the headlight and when I manually try to move the headlight up and down, is where it looks like the swivel is coming from.
Is this normal? I don't see other bikes headlights shaking so much. Is there a way to tighten this up? It's annoying at night.
Thanks
[IMG]local://upfiles/24973/401241585B494329B66DBA336636D622.jpg[/IMG]
Road Master
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 1,102
Likes: 1
From: Pittsburgh, PA
Thread Starter
|
Cruiser
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 248
Likes: 0
From: Kyle, TX
RE: Anatomy of a headlight
I think 06Deuce has it right, in the other thread that you linked to. Thanks for the link. I am going to try that mod and I bet it will fix it. Imagine that, $6 and it works. Harley probably would charge 2 hours labor. HA!!!
Intermediate
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 49
Likes: 0
From:
RE: Anatomy of a headlight
I had the same problem, so I removed the headlight and cut piece of 5/16 rubber hose and installed it between the bracket and the bottom of the headlight. Problem gone and very cheap fix!!
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
anatomy, custom, davidson, flicker, harley, headlight, headlights, normal, rear, shake, shaking, softail, stop, suspension, troubleshoot
