Mike Molloy Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 IMHO the standard headlight design is a complete load of doggie doo. The flimsy metal tang is just not man enough to stop the mounting bolt from rotating when you tighten the nut up. This makes it a royal PITA to make beam angle adjustments. I was disappointed to find my dinky nice new SVC lights use the same (crap) system. Has anyone devised a decent engineering solution to this? I am on the verge of chucking them away and finding something with an external mount. Maybe some of those "tractor" lights as recommended by Chelspeed and the Gloucester country boys... 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxy Smith Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 Oooh , tell us more about them tractor lights!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevesvc Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 Mike Hi, I'm Steve Taylor from sVc - the design you don't like has been used by us for nearly 20 years and is an improved copy of the originag Lucas design. We make about 4,000 headlights a year and get complaints about this every 18 months or so. The tag was made more rigid when we re-tolled the lights last year. Please ensure the thread is clean and lubricated - and then tighten the bottom bolt up so that the headlight is steady - don't overtighten. If you want some new inner tags, please let me know - ours are made from steel and are fitted to the light with 2 copper rivets. You can call me on 08 456 581 251 & I'll be pleased to send some to you with our compliments. If you need new bottom bolts and nuts - please let me know. We are at the Newark show this weekend so call me on Monday please. Best regards Steve @ sVc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevesvc Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 Mike Please call so I can send parts to you with our compliments Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Molloy Posted June 21, 2004 Author Share Posted June 21, 2004 Steve - my comments were not meant to be a criticism of the quality of the SVC lamps. Au contraire, they are much better finished than the OE Caterham chrome versions (which went rusty after 3 months). What I don't like is the engineering design that you have "inherited". The whole concept of allowing multi-angle adjustment just doesn't work satisfactorily IMHO. My solution is to drill out the rivets holding the steel tang and replace with a carefully shaped ally block. That should stop the bolt twisting! I note you have contibuted to another thread about fitting small m/cycle headlights. I was considering a set of these given the bottom mount adjustability, but the quality is pretty "down to a price" - not on a par with yours. I'd certainly be interested if you come up with something similar. Cheers, Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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