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One of the best features of the Opel GT is its rotating headlights. And its one of its most troublesome features as well.
A very common problem (so common that many cars have it and the owners don't even know) is broken rotator bolts. These are the three wee little M5 bolts that clamp the headlight buckets, via a set of three spring steel strips, to the rotator gear. When one breaks, (and its not "if", but "when"), the headlights usually still rotate and lock in both the up and down position. But when two of the three break, the bucket is no longer "fixed" to the position of the rotator mechanism, and will often lock open, but not shut, or vice versa.
Many articles have been written about the general repair and trouble shooting of the GT headlights. We have a section here DEVOTED to the topic, with 31 threads to date already. But a recent thread related to repairing the rotators when the old bolt is broken off inside the rotator gear, and I thought I would create a thread dedicated to the topic. So here goes.
A very common problem (so common that many cars have it and the owners don't even know) is broken rotator bolts. These are the three wee little M5 bolts that clamp the headlight buckets, via a set of three spring steel strips, to the rotator gear. When one breaks, (and its not "if", but "when"), the headlights usually still rotate and lock in both the up and down position. But when two of the three break, the bucket is no longer "fixed" to the position of the rotator mechanism, and will often lock open, but not shut, or vice versa.
Many articles have been written about the general repair and trouble shooting of the GT headlights. We have a section here DEVOTED to the topic, with 31 threads to date already. But a recent thread related to repairing the rotators when the old bolt is broken off inside the rotator gear, and I thought I would create a thread dedicated to the topic. So here goes.