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e-code woes!! I need help, how the $@!(*&$@$ do i get the safety ball-joint

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Old 11-19-2005, 09:38 PM
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Default e-code woes!! I need help, how the $@!(*&$@$ do i get the safety ball-joint

thingy out, and how do i get the auto-leveler in, for some reason i didnt have a problem getting the autoleveler out of the old one... but i cant get that safety thing out for the life of me!!

i read in the archive that you have to adjust the headlights to one extreme or the other.. but i still cant figure it out, somebody please help before i hurt myself and my ecodes !!!!
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adjust the light housing with the vertical/horizontal screws, it'll make getting the plug out easier
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which way? all the way counter clockwise? or all the way clockwise? or one all the way each way?
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Default Turn the white **** that brings the ball joint holder closer to you. This will make it pretty easy

to get the safety plug out...assuming you've rotated it in the holder so you can move it around freely. Once you have rotated the safety plug out of its locked-in position you can angle it downward and it will just come out of the leveling slot. The most important thing is to get that side of the housing as close to you as possible...it will allow much more room to fit the ball joint of the auto leveling motor into the slot.
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Whichever way brings the ball joint holder closest to you.
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Default i realized that right after i wrote that... my god what a pain in the ***,

at least you planted a brain seed that will let me conquer the world.. i mean ecodes...

thanks
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Default I butchered mine up pretty good when I installed them....no way better to learn how to

do something than by breaking things :P
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Default I hate my Ecodes....I'm about ready to sell them- I can't any light out onto the road with them-

the stockers were better, I think. They just look dumb with the orange corner lights.
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Default Something is wrong with the install. Rotate the xenon bulbs. If they are upside down

there will be very little light.
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Default Re: I hate my Ecodes....I'm about ready to sell them- I can't any light out onto the road with them-

how much you want for them? ill give you my stockers with the clear corner mod
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