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Headlamp Beam Adjustment Motors (V48)/(V49), Through MY 2011







Headlamp Beam Adjustment Motors (V48)/(V49), through MY 2011

Removing






- Remove the headlamp. Refer to => [ Headlamp Housing ] Headlamp Housing.

- Release the spring clip - arrow - and remove the cover - 1 - from the headlamp.

- Turn the headlamp height adjustment screw - 3 - clockwise as far as the stop - arrow -.






This guides the lamp unit in the headlamp into the "high position".

- Disconnect the electrical connector - 2 -.

- Rotate the positioning motor - 1 - on the left headlamp clockwise and the one on the right headlamp counterclockwise.

- Disengage the positioning motor from the headlamp.

Positioning motor axle should not be disengaged from the headlamp

- Pull the adjusting motor - 1 - back gently until the motor axle can be removed from the headlamp light unit ball joint - 3 -.






Axle pins are then in ball joint cut outs - arrows -.

- Remove the adjustment motor from the headlamp.

Components are shown without the headlamp to provide a better illustration.

Installing

Tightening specification, refer to => [ Bi-Xenon Headlamps with Cornering Lamp Overview, through MY 2011 ] Bi-Xenon Headlamps With Cornering Lamp Overview, Through MY 2011.

Install in reverse order of removal, observing the following:

- Make sure the ball joint - 3 - is inside the guide for the headlamp light unit.

- Pull the headlamp light unit in the headlamp toward the back and hold it firmly.

- Engage the adjusting motor axle pins in the ball joint.

The axle pins must engage in the cut outs on the ball joint - arrows -.

- Position the quick release on the adjusting motor on the headlamp housing.

- Engage the adjusting motors - 1 - by rotating counterclockwise on the left headlamp and clockwise on the right headlamp.






- Connect the electrical connector - 2 - to the adjusting motor.

Ignore the - arrow - and - item 3 -.

- Close the cover and secure it using the spring clip.

- Install the headlamp housing. Refer to => [ Headlamp Housing ] Headlamp Housing.