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2000 year r850r Headlamp help please
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 8:34 pm
by pc-uk007
Hi, I have a Head lamp that appears to be fogged up on the inside of the headlamp, it is the original equipment a H4, I have removed headlamp unit from bike and its chrome rim where unit is held in place by spring clips but the glass appears to be bonded to rear reflector I was going to use a heat gun to try and separate the bond but I will have to re bond it again ?? do I use hot glue to do this ?? has anyone done this before and would not mind sharing info how to do this, thanks in advance Peter.
Re: 2000 year r850r Headlamp help please
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2017 9:40 am
by pc-uk007
Its has been a while since I posted this and it looks like nobody has tried doing this, has anyone got a old broken headlamp from one of these ??
Re: 2000 year r850r Headlamp help please
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2017 11:07 am
by dave the german
Might be worth a look on You Tube
Re: 2000 year r850r Headlamp help please
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2017 12:26 pm
by McBoxer
Can't help with the separation query, but what do you want to achieve by doing this? If it's purely to remove the misting surely you could do this without separating the lens from the reflector, perhaps by just directing your heat gun or a hair dryer through the hole for the headlamp bulb?
Might be worth a try, unless there is another reason to separate the two?
Re: 2000 year r850r Headlamp help please
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2017 12:36 pm
by Boxermed69
pc-uk007 wrote:Hi, I have a Head lamp that appears to be fogged up on the inside of the headlamp, it is the original equipment a H4, I have removed headlamp unit from bike and its chrome rim where unit is held in place by spring clips but the glass appears to be bonded to rear reflector I was going to use a heat gun to try and separate the bond but I will have to re bond it again ?? do I use hot glue to do this ?? has anyone done this before and would not mind sharing info how to do this, thanks in advance Peter.
Sorry, hadn't spotted this before Peter. As McBoxer says, gotta be worth a try just to dry the unit out and refit it. Just having it indoors for a couple of days should do the trick. I've done this once before and the misting problem didn't come back.
Mike
Re: 2000 year r850r Headlamp help please
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2017 10:24 am
by pc-uk007
Hi guys, Thanks for help but it is not moisture that is inside the headlamp it is almost like the headlamp is full of smoke, I can only assume that headlamp glass and reflector needs polishing ??
Has anyone here got the same issue as me ??