K1300 headlight adjustment fail

[kbikecanuck]

Greetings everyone!

From the “I can’t leave well enough alone” department. I was adjusting the height of the headlight and adjusted the hex nut too far out. The reflector sprung upwards and now I light up the night sky and not the road. Has anyone made a similar boneheaded move and if so, how did you fix it. In my limited thinking, it would seem that removing a bulb and pressing the reflector downward while trying to re-engage the hex nut in the threads should theoretically solve the issue however, I am not familiar with the inner engineering of the reflector assembly. Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated. Thanks to all in advance.

 

[henzilla]

Welcome to the Forum
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Yeah, that stuff happens more than admitted. Is it a GT or an S? Xenon or standard H7 bulbs? Shouldn't be a big difference in adjuster if any.
The Wedge K sub forum may find an answer for you and I'll move it soon to help out if no one chimes in
The headlight is a modular unit and no breakdown in the parts fiche. Believe it is a ball/socket inside the reflector and you popped that off.Your plan should work, just may have to do more removal to get a clear shot

I have a hunch you will need to get the unit out to get that part to snap back in place thru the lamp covers

 

[omega man]

Welcome to the forum!
Along with what Steve mentioned, good to be careful in touching the bulb......oils in the skin and all.
Gary

 

[PGlaves]

The threads are in a toggle barrel and you will probably need to take off whatever needs to come off to actually get your fingers on the barrel. There is also probably a spring involved that pushes forward away from the knob. Getting the rod through the spring and then properly engaged in the threads is the tricky part.

 

[mt12gsa]

I’ve had the exact same thing happen. The dealer in for that there was probably someone that Could fix this obviously interested in hearing from somebody that has been successful with it. Apparently it’s a sealed unit. I would imagine it needs to be taken off the bike to fix it.

 

[truckerdave]

I'm thinking it will have to be taken out as well. My K1300GT has the same adjuster. I saw what could happen and how much of a pain it would be to fix before i started adjusting it.

 

[cabnfvr]

Yep, BTDT. BMW replaced under warranty, thankfully. The headlight will need to be split open to gain access to fix it. That's not anything I'd be comfortable doing but considering the price of a replacement it might be worth a try.

 

[dynajohn]

Greetings everyone!

From the “I can’t leave well enough alone” department. I was adjusting the height of the headlight and adjusted the hex nut too far out. The reflector sprung upwards and now I light up the night sky and not the road. Has anyone made a similar boneheaded move and if so, how did you fix it. In my limited thinking, it would seem that removing a bulb and pressing the reflector downward while trying to re-engage the hex nut in the threads should theoretically solve the issue however, I am not familiar with the inner engineering of the reflector assembly. Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated. Thanks to all in advance.

Yep I made the same boneheaded move. I was trying to adjust the vertical position and when the headlight didn't move I just kept turning the adjustment until it popped and jumped way up. The only answer gor me was to find a nice used replacement assembly on fleabay. Good luck because BMW wants big bucks for a new replacement.