Adjusting Headlamp
1. Park vehicle on level surface
approximately 6 inches (152 mm)
from a vertical test screen or wall. The
centerline of the vehicle must be at a
90° angle to the test screen.
3. Move vehicle on the level
surface 25 feet (7.6 m) straight
back from the wall.
Correct headlamp adjustment is
extremely important. To check and
readjust a headlamp do the following:
4. Open hood, move retaining
clamp (3) aside, and remove
access cover from the
headlamp.
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Horizontal aim will change and must
be corrected as described below,
whenever a vertical adjustment is
made.
2. Using a "T" square and a carpenter's
level, align and mark a vertical
centerline (11) on the test screen
using the outer reference point (low
beam) found on each headlamp lens.
As a check, the distance between
centerlines should be 50 /4 inches
3
(1290 mm).
5. Vertical headlamp aim
(low beams on):
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Low beam adjustments
Turn adjusting screw (1)
(counterclockwise to adjust
headlamp downward, clockwise
upward) until bubble in the level (6)
is centered on the "0" mark.
Graduations: 0.18° pitch.
simultaneously aim the high beam.
Vehicle should have a normal trunk
load.
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