Headlight adjuster broken again

[West1]

Did mine today. The adjuster doesn’t work tho when I try to turn the Allen wrench.
I just used a razor blade to open the top.
Now I think my headlights are to high!
What’s everyone’s ballpark light height from the floor to top of light on a wall?

 

[West1]

Drove around this evening and the light is not even touching the road, it’s lighting up stop signs. I have no adjust control, it’s pop the white plastic over the adjuster ball or nothing. I’m going to try and screw in a finish deck screw through the back of the adjuster housing and through the white plastic/epoxy. Hopefully the finish screw can act as an adjuster.

 

[West1]

Ended up going with plan b while trying to screw in a 6-32 threaded screw.

I drilled a pilot hole with the intent to screw in the threaded screw. Once I did that, I realized how tight the screw was on the adjuster. Then it dawned on me to just cutoff the ball and have the screw adjust the headlight. Lo and behold, it worked pretty badass!

 

[vinnie999]

I just made a quick fix by applying glue to the head of the adjuster and then reinstalling it in the headlight. Make sure to wait until it gets dry. It works for me.

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Hi, is the repair still holding for you?

 

[jcasillasgomez77]

I had the same problem with broken adjuster, but I did a simple solution.
I just drill a small hole with a small chamfer in the white piece and inserted a small screw. I didn’t have to remove anything on the headlight assembly, just inserted the broken piece back in position, but first only the white piece with the extra screw and then re-attach the white piece with the screw to the adjuster piece still inside the headlight assembly. You need to be careful to hold the white piece with some double sided tape to the screw driver because if that piece falls inside, that’s really bad, then you will need to remove the whole thing to recover it. Once you tighten the screw, you can insert the rest of the adjuster and that’s it! I’ll try to take a picture of tge work I did for better reference.
Hope it helps someone.

 

[gonatee]

GM has become a complete joke at this point... What a pos company!

 

[Kutzro357]

File a complaint with Chevrolet and also with the NHTSA. This is a major safety issue and the manufacturer should be responsible. We need to get this out there as it's more widespread than I thought. A 60K vehicle with a defective part and no easy fix?

https://www.nhtsa.gov/report-a-safety-problem#vehicle

 

[New Guy]

Thanks for posting this fix. I plan to do this myself also. Your photos are throwing me off a bit. The one with the drill marks on it and the one with the epoxy applied don't look like they are photos of the same headlight. Is that the case? It just looks like the "made in Mexico" label is reversed on one of them. Thanks!

sorry for the delayed response, yes it is the same headlight, I peeled the made in mexico sticker off so i could try to keep it visible on the top of the epoxy. If I had to do it again i would peel that sticker off first so it stays in one piece. I am glad its working for everyone as a reliable fix so far! There's nothing more upsetting than knowing GM never updated this part to fix it after 4 years of having these issues.

 

[wompwomp]

I just made a quick fix by applying glue to the head of the adjuster and then reinstalling it in the headlight. Make sure to wait until it gets dry. It works for me.

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Sorry for digging up the past, but my 2021 Burban’s light finally broke. How much material did you add? I cant find a picture of an unbroken adjuster.

 

[Hey you]

This is all good info. Much better than ordering another headlight housing, then fighting the bumper removal process.
I carefully followed the procedures from Lanyx, Bdbdzz and Newguy... The pics really helped. I applied the epoxy, letting
it cure now. Fingers crossed!

 

[Ubeslife]

Sorry I just recently found I have this issue and I have a few questions:
1. is the white piece of the adjuster have part of it breaking off or is it too short and sliding out from wear over time?
2. is the chrome piece the white piece slides into deep enough I could add something to the end of the white piece to fix this?

My thought was pull the adjuster out, add 1/4" or more to the end of the white piece, then reassemble? or will this not work?

Thank you in advance!

 

[89Suburban]

 

[Hey you]

Hey Ubeslife, #1 Yes, the white adjuster is broken, that is why applying JB weld to cement the two back together seems to works,
the only thing I can add is to be sure to add enough. My first attempt failed, on the second I built it up to about 1/2 inch and that is working.
#2 Building up the epoxy is doing that for you.
Keep us posted

 

[Ubeslife]

@Hey you, thank you for the info. Ill post back once I get to it. Im nervous to touch it in the current temperatures we have in ohio, so this might have to wait a bit.

 

[Hey you]

Every thing is subject to change! My latest repair only lasted a week or so, now I am looking into the other fix here on the forum.
Will keep you posted.