Headlight assembly help!

[Jonesynl]

I'm new to the apex sence, and I like to do all my own work and was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction with fixing the tabs for the headlight assembly without paying over 300$ for a new one? Was thinking maybe two little aluminum brackets pop riveted into the assembly and just bolted into the original mounts?

 

[hibshman25]

I have developed a $30 repair kit for headlights with broken mounting tabs. Been so busy haven't been able to promote them or get them on website yet.

 

[Jonesynl]

I have developed a $30 repair kit for headlights with broken mounting tabs. Been so busy haven't been able to promote them or get them on website yet.

Would be great if you could have it ready to sell.

 

[hibshman25]

Just started a thread in the apex forum. Check it out for information. The kit is available for $30

 

[Jonesynl]

Just started a thread in the apex forum. Check it out for information. The kit is available for $30

Which forum?

 

[alaskan77]

I'm new to the apex sence, and I like to do all my own work and was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction with fixing the tabs for the headlight assembly without paying over 300$ for a new one? Was thinking maybe two little aluminum brackets pop riveted into the assembly and just bolted into the original mounts?

I drilled a couple a holes in the plastic near the broken tabs, above each other, then used quality tye wraps thru the holes and around the metal tab where the bolts would normally attach to. Sucked it up tight after everything thing else all snapped back together. Been running that for 5 years now and I have close to 9000 miles on my Mountain Apex. Just keep extra tye wraps in case you need to pull the pod off. Works well and much cheaper.

 

[Jonesynl]

I drilled a couple a holes in the plastic near the broken tabs, above each other, then used quality tye wraps thru the holes and around the metal tab where the bolts would normally attach to. Sucked it up tight after everything thing else all snapped back together. Been running that for 5 years now and I have close to 9000 miles on my Mountain Apex. Just keep extra tye wraps in case you need to pull the pod off. Works well and much cheaper.

Thanks for the reply, will have to look into doing something like that.

 

[cacsrx1]

Yamahas design on the headlight pod is total crap. I don't know how many of them I busted and fixed. All of my buddies would roll their sleds out of a stuck,...not me unless I was prepaired to fix the headlights .....again.

 

[Jonesynl]

It's just a big engineering flaw in my opinion, over looked a little thing that causes a big problem

 

[shawnmcgr]

I replaced my headlight the first time I broke the tabs. Promptly broke them on the new headlight. I've been zip tieing for 5 years, 4000kms.

 

[Jonesynl]

That's great thanks