Headlight door adjustment

[69wedge]

Hi, does anyone know how to adjust the headlight doors on 68-69 Chargers?
Thanks for your help.
Ed

 

[pnora]

Hi, does anyone know how to adjust the headlight doors on 68-69 Chargers?
Thanks for your help.
Ed

What kind of adjustment? The actuators open and close movement is fixed.

 

[69wedge]

Thats what l thought, but the left side comes down a little too much and doesn't match the center grille.
The right side matches perfectly.

 

[pnora]

Thats what l thought, but the left side comes down a little too much and doesn't match the center grille.
The right side matches perfectly.

Look closely at the doors and the housing the door fits into for broken plastic stops.

 

[Coelacanth]

Is it the same as on a '70? On my Charger, the headlight doors have an adjuster screw that limits the rotation, and the screw end butts up against a rubber stopper when closed, like pnora said.

The adjuster screw is the silver one in the foreground, I had to install longer ones because the original screws let the doors go down too much and lined up below the grille.

Grendel lives...resurrection of a 1970 Charger 500

 

[pnora]

Is it the same as on a '70? On my Charger, the headlight doors have an adjuster screw that limits the rotation, and the screw end butts up against a rubber stopper when closed, like pnora said.

The adjuster screw is the silver one in the foreground, I had to install longer ones because the original screws let the doors go down too much and lined up below the grille.

Grendel lives...resurrection of a 1970 Charger 500

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70 is totally different than 68 and 69.

 

[Coelacanth]

Thanks, good to know. I knew the move from vacuum-operated to electric motor was a major change, but didn't think the mechanical operation of the headlight door rotation would be that different.