Where to find headlight adjustment nuts?

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Chucez
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Anyone here know where I can find replacements for the nylon headlight adjustment nuts for a 510? I took a look at a 521 several weeks ago and the nuts for those were different. I'm at a loss here. I've been looking through dozens of catalogues from fastener companies and none of them have anything similar to the 510's.


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Chucez wrote:Anyone here know where I can find replacements for the nylon headlight adjustment nuts for a 510? I took a look at a 521 several weeks ago and the nuts for those were different. I'm at a loss here. I've been looking through dozens of catalogues from fastener companies and none of them have anything similar to the 510's.
Its very hard to find 510 headlight parts, if you have the round headlights, good luck. The square headlight are a little easier to find, but still hard to get them. Ebay is your best bet.

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Mr1der
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have you tried just taking it in to a hardware store?

I'd bet someone could find a suitable replacement.

Chucez
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yeah i've taken it to a bunch of ace hardwares and true values. They had parts that fit closely, but not close enough.

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Mr1der
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can you get a good picture of what you're looking to replace?

Chucez
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This is the best that my camera could do.





zoomed out view. The adjusting screw is on there. The green anchor thing on the left just doesn't fit right.


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