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Offline causasui

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headlight assembly
« on: April 05, 2015, 05:08:36 PM »
Deer smashed my head light.  I looked here to find a walk through of removal and re install of factory headlight assembly.   Any help is appreciated.  Seems like I need to strip the entire bike down....
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Re: headlight assembly
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2015, 08:43:33 PM »
Quote from: causasui on April 05, 2015, 05:08:36 PM
Deer smashed my head light.  I looked here to find a walk through of removal and re install of factory headlight assembly.   Any help is appreciated.  Seems like I need to strip the entire bike down....

You probably need to order a factory manual, since there is a lot of stuff you have to remove and mess with.  I can't recall any previous postings with a full procedure and photos and such.  Have you obtained a replacement headlight assembly yet?
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Re: headlight assembly
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2015, 12:44:49 AM »
Yes.  Have replacement.  These guys doing the hid conversion have done what I'm looking to do...
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Re: headlight assembly
« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2015, 05:35:52 AM »
Quote from: causasui on April 06, 2015, 12:44:49 AM
Yes.  Have replacement.  These guys doing the hid conversion have done what I'm looking to do...

If you are doing the projector lens mod, I am going to be jealous...
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Re: headlight assembly
« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2015, 06:11:35 AM »
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Re: headlight assembly
« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2015, 09:05:50 AM »
Doesn't really as he doesn't show the tear down.  Ill keep moving along .....
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Re: headlight assembly
« Reply #6 on: April 06, 2015, 12:51:32 PM »
Just go for it.

Take pics of your process so you can reverse it... and write down the order you remove things, for the same reason.

It's actually not too difficult to get to it, there are just a lot of things/steps to take off and put back. And, it'll help you "know" the bike. I tend to put the fasteners back in their spots after removal, so I always know where they should go. If I were doing it today, probably 30 minutes or so.
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Re: headlight assembly
« Reply #7 on: April 06, 2015, 10:58:02 PM »
Get the manual. You'll need it more than just this time.
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Re: headlight assembly
« Reply #8 on: April 06, 2015, 11:47:59 PM »
this might help: URL to illegal copy site removed
« Last Edit: April 07, 2015, 05:47:20 AM by maxtog »
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Re: headlight assembly
« Reply #9 on: April 07, 2015, 05:50:08 AM »
Quote from: martin_14 on April 06, 2015, 11:47:59 PM
this might help: URL to illegal copy site removed

You can't post public links to sites that sell, distribute, give away, or display illegal copies of the service manual (or any other copyrighted material).  It is against the forum rules.
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Re: headlight assembly
« Reply #10 on: April 07, 2015, 05:53:31 AM »
Max is correct in this regard..
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Re: headlight assembly
« Reply #11 on: April 07, 2015, 01:34:20 PM »
I'll be surprised if nothing else is broken. I hit a deer a couple of years back. All the bracing under the fairings was broken / bent. There was a lot to replace. Any reason you aren't going to insurance, my bill was almost $9000 Canadian to repair.
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Re: headlight assembly
« Reply #12 on: April 07, 2015, 01:41:53 PM »
 :yikes:
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Re: headlight assembly
« Reply #13 on: April 07, 2015, 10:46:13 PM »
Quote from: causasui on April 06, 2015, 09:05:50 AM
Doesn't really as he doesn't show the tear down.  Ill keep moving along .....

The video shows a little bit of the teardown. Not a step by step per-se, but i cover a couple hitches i encountered. The rest is removing all of the tupperware, which is reasonably self explanitory. And a royal pain.
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Re: headlight assembly
« Reply #14 on: April 08, 2015, 04:02:06 AM »
Taking it apart is easy.  It's putting it back right where the trouble can begin.
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