I think I broke my headlight adjustment gear

[yufengluo]

I was trying to get my headlights to point further down yesterday and I think I broke the adjustment gear on the driver side by going too far. You can see the top of cowl of the headlight bulb a lot more compared to the passenger side and I can't get it to come back up. The the driver side gear has a lot less resistance when you turn it compared to the other side as well. Have any of you had the this happen before? I don't want to take my headlight apart unless I have to and a whole headlight replacement is out of the question. If any of you know how exactly that gear engages the bulb please let me know. Hopefully if I ground out the gear I can still push the plastic hex bolt in the back at a certain angle to engage the bulb again. Thanks!

 

[TheJoker]

It may not help, but have you tried using a 10mm wrench, on the back side, instead of a Phillips from the top?

 

[TheJoker]

This thread has A LOT of pics, maybe it, or the OP @M3toSVT can help you out:

http://www.fordraptorforum.com/f81/my-headlights-retrofit-build-round-2-a-47105/

 

[M3toSVT]

Are we talking oem projector, halogen, aftermarket?