On Tuesday I noticed that my rear n/s light lens had completely vanished , screws aswell , no sign of surrounding damage , lamp case & bulbs all intact strange enough! Put new one at yard with fitter & changed rubber gasket , midday Wednesday checked the rear to see yet again the same lens gone all other bits intact , only this time the screws remain! Replaced at yard again & fitter also put some adhesive round gasket & he gave me a spare just incase.
I’ve made a point of checking it at every stop , its been there fine no issue, I have just this very moment pulled over for break , checked the lens (only checked it 20 mins ago at last drop)
Yep , its gone , screws still there , now its getting weird , there is no play whatsoever in the lamp …phoned fitter & he’s baffled too…
Theres meant to be a white insert which goes in before you put the lense on which hase the reflective parts on for the bulbs then you put the lense on after. Think theres spacers on that part for the screws which stop s you over tightening the screws which breaks the lense when it compresses. Probably why you see a round piece of lense round the screws
StuSweeney:
Theres meant to be a white insert which goes in before you put the lense on which hase the reflective parts on for the bulbs then you put the lense on after. Think theres spacers on that part for the screws which stop s you over tightening the screws which breaks the lense when it compresses. Probably why you see a round piece of lense round the screws
That sounds promising, will check when I get back … cheers …
3300John:
Hiya… some driver,s will remember the plastic coated cages we had years ago to stop
lenses been nicked .
John
some still use em especially at Heysham many a time been in there to find lenses nicked I’ve even had the reflectors taken
We had that at Tilcon, drivers from other firms would ‘borrow’ lenses and wheel trims etc as they knew bigger companies could afford to replace them! Some drivers scratched their registration numbers on them…still got nicked though.
Mystery solved , threads on screw holes gone so first lens fell taking the bulb divide with it & the screws , the next two lenses were put on without the divide & tightened too tight as was mentioned above …
