Trying to adjust Bosch euro smiley's, can't do it

[madsedan]

Bought some in excellent condition from a fellow member and have them installed, adjusters all appear to be there but they are very stiff and don't seem to do much, I need to adjust the passenger down and the driver's up. I have no experience with these, should I just sell or trade for some depo's or can I work through this without spending anymore money on them?

[Blackout]

You need to swap the adjusters out with working ones. Or bring rusted seized ones back to life by refurbishing them.

[MR 325]

Agreed. It's pretty common for Euro lights to have rusty and/or seized adjusters.

I put all NEW adjusters and clips on my set. Cost me around $110.

[madsedan]

Thanks guys, I'll remove the assemblies and see if I can get them free'd up before buying adjustors, I found a thread with part numbers.

I still have my us sealed assemblies in perfect condition, will those adjustors work on the euro's, butcher the us assembly to make perfect euros?

[MR 325]

I still have my us sealed assemblies in perfect condition, will those adjustors work on the euro's, butcher the us assembly to make perfect euros?

The sealed beam stuff is useless. I'd dump them in the garbage!

[madsedan]

Excellent, will set them on fire and piss on them after work today.

[Blackout]

Excellent, will set them on fire and piss on them after work today.

[AndrewBird]

FYI, a 50/50 mix of acetone and automatic transmission fluid makes a great penetrating fluid. Better then even PB blaster or others like it (see here). That should help get them moving again.

[Blackout]

FYI, a 50/50 mix of acetone and automatic transmission fluid makes a great penetrating fluid. Better then even PB blaster or others like it (see here). That should help get them moving again.

Dip them in acid first. Naval Jelly or Evapo-rust overnight; any rust dis-solver. Than drown them bitches in the cocktail prescribed above by Nitro.
Watch them do the ballet the next day.