Changing 1997 748 sidelights?????

Discussion in '748 / 916 / 996 / 998' started by spadey99, Jul 25, 2012.

  1. Hi guys

    ok so my top fairing is off(doddle) but I cannot work out how to pull the headlight unit out to get to the sidelights?? Or am I missing something??? Any tips on how to do it as they both have blown.

    Steve
     
    #1 spadey99, Jul 25, 2012
  2. Hopefully someone more knowledgable than me will be along in a minute, but is there a centre bolt with spring on for adjusting the height to come out as well.
     
    #2 SOUP, Jul 25, 2012
  3. Yep, undo that, don't let the spring fall out. The screw is the beam adjuster.

    Then give it a good tug to remove it. Don't forget to unplug the wiring connector.
     
    #3 deleteduser211220, Jul 25, 2012
  4. cheers guys will have a go later.... Didnt want to pull everything out before asking.......
     
    #4 spadey99, Jul 25, 2012
  5. #5 Umbra, Jul 25, 2012
  6. Hi Umbra

    yep keep bidding on e bay but keep losing... I will get one soon enough.

    Steve
     
    #6 spadey99, Jul 25, 2012
  7. #7 Umbra, Jul 25, 2012
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  8. Try Nelson on here, he has one for sale in the for sale section.
    Steve
     
    #8 Birdie, Jul 25, 2012
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  9. Word of advice when you have undone the centre bolt with the spring behind, ease the headlight unit out equally each side on the rubbers

    The headlight units are very fragile and can be split.

    Also they do get stuck on the rubbers so gentle pursuasion may be needed
     
    #9 the_duc, Jul 25, 2012
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  10. To add to above - I hope yours proves to be an exception, but the rubber sleeved bulb holder can be a total pain to remove. First one I ever did I dismantled to get access to the other side.
     
    #10 Chris, Jul 25, 2012
  11. Got to laugh here guys.... Most of bikes I have had takes 2 hours to remove top fairing Ducati takes 5 mins, but other bikes sidelight takes 2 mins to remove and havent looked yet but this could take hours... ha ha.... Swings and roundabouts mes thinks :upyeah:
     
    #11 spadey99, Jul 25, 2012
  12. again, there are exceptions but getting to the point of possibly the hardest part, actually removing sidelight bulbholder is usually easy and should take around 10 minutes and quicker once you've done it once. Might be worth counting the number of turns before the one headlamp retaining screw (that doubles as the height adjuster) becomes free so you won't need to set the height again. As said above, once screw is out and spring/washer saved you need to carefully 'walk' it off the two rectangular rubber-lined spades left/right/left style.
     
    #12 Chris, Jul 26, 2012
  13. If ever I remove the light I set the bike on the paddock stand in the garage and mark a line on the wall where the low beam cutoff is, then when reassembling simply line it up to that - saves faffing about to get the level back.
     
    #13 Dukedesmo, Jul 27, 2012
  14. yeah, but you got a garage :smile:
     
    #14 Chris, Jul 27, 2012
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