jwillman

I was looking into a floppy passenger head light assemply today and discovered that the head light shaft is free to move the whole circumference of the through hole between the engine compartment and the inner fender well.

It appears there is a plastic support assembly that should sit around and supporting the shaft in the fender well that is broken. I am confused by the parts manual as it does not really show a piece resembling what I found broken.

Can someone help with a part number and how I go about fixing this?

Thanks

Ad0911

This was the first repair I did on my 928. To fix this, you have to disassemble the whole unit. Starting with removing the headlamp from is support. Take off the cover. Disassemble the lamp. Disconnect the tilt adjusting mechanism without breaking the hydraulic lines or connections. The electric lines are held in place with clamps under the base of the headlamp unit. Perhaps you can remove the clamps from under the car after removing the frontwheel and splash screen. I wasn't so lucky because the screws were totally rusted solid. Then you disconnect the bar from the axle that hold the lamp. Normally, you disconnect the plastic bushing from the inside of the car (2 screws). Than the whole asembly can be taken out of the car. To place the busking, you must remove the baseplate from the axle. To do that you have to drive out the 2 pins that hold the baseplate to the axle. Than you can slide the baseplate from the axle and you can put a new bearing on the axle. Assembly in reversed order from above. Notice there is a clever mechanism that will allow the headlamp to rotate if something (fingers? get stuck while the headlamp is on it's way down when you turn off the lights. Mostly, this mechanism doesn't work anymore due to rust, but after you greased it up, it will work perfectly. Tricky part is not to damage the hydraulics and the paint from the opening in the fender where the headlamp sits.