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Old 11-04-2025, 12:40 PM   #1
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Litronic repair

Hi, I just picked up a pair of litronics. The driver side light was pointing too far down, so I tried to adjust it. The adjustment was doing nothing at all, though. So I popped open the housing, and both the motor adjustment with the black ball and socket joint and the other white ball and socket joint are mostly broken. I can get it locked into position, and when it is, the vertical adjustment works, but I think after hitting a couple bumps it will probably just fall right out of the joints again.

Has anyone completed a repair like this? I don't need the motor function since its retrofitted into a halogen car, so I'm considering something even like superglue at worst since I got this set quite cheap and the passenger side appears to be good.

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Old 11-04-2025, 02:34 PM   #2
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Which parts are broken? You mention the ball and socket, but likely it is either of those? I found that balls and sockets are available cheaply, so first check whether you can replace those. A picture wouild help..
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Old 11-04-2025, 04:59 PM   #3
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Yeah here's the white one, the socket specifically is broken. I don't have a picture of the black motor one, but same deal the socket is broken.
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I don't know much about 3d printing, but maybe this part can be replicated from a good one.
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Yeahh, maybe. I wish there were more parts availability for the internal headlight assembly but I don't see anything at all online
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Old Yesterday, 04:16 PM   #6
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I have a damaged driver's side Litronic that I can pull parts from. Do you just need the white plastic piece?


Do you have a US address? I generally don't ship international anymore.
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Wow, that would be awesome! Yes that's the one, and then on the opposite side there's another black ball and socket joint which I think is attached to the headlight motor? I can try to get a picture tomorrow if you're not sure what I'm talking about. And yes I'm located in California.

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