When I ran into this scenario, I ordered a bunch of the adjusters, which are VW specific. There 2 different ones for the main headlight (adjustable and non-adjustable), and 2 additional different ones for the high beams (adjustable and different). With 3 vanagons, and 15 years of aging on the plastic, getting a couple dozen of these adjusters just seems sensible to me.

On Monday, October 31, 2005, at 07:56AM, Aaron Pearson <Aaron.Pearson@GXT.COM> wrote:

>the plastic bit on one of my headlight adjuster screws broke, so i had a
>wobbly headlight until a new screw arrived in the mail from an online
>vendor.  i replaced it yesterday, and another one broke (bottom, on the
>high beam) while i was fussing with the light assembly.  before i place
>another order ($16, incl s+h), has anyone found a napa (pep, checker,
>etc.) stocked screw that fits?  when i asked napa the last time, they
>only carried screws for common u.s. makes.  of course i could take my
>broken screw in and eyeball the fit, but i'm hoping somebody else has
>already done this.
>
>thanks.
>
>aaron
>'87 syncro gl
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