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My 2005 Yukon XL

Prepping for the biggest storm of the year for us.

The plan was to get my headlights adjusted, heated the first nut up good after a few weeks of periodic spraying I decided to try it. Guess what, it broke. Not surprised. So for now, sorry to the people I blind. The head of the bolt is hidden beneath a double riveted plate. Such a horrible design. So to tackle this project again I will need to break the remaining 3 bolts, disassemble the housing, drill out all the rivets, insert new carriage bolts (most likely cut an access hole for future), re-rivet, re-assemble, reinstall, and finally aim.
This is what the inside looks like, the head is beneath the tiny hole you see:
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Also looks like the lift cylinder leak is getting worse. Really need to do something about it:
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I got the Escalade D-pillars installed, but forgot the pics. So I guess it didn't happen.
 
DieselSlug said:
Prepping for the biggest storm of the year for us.

The plan was to get my headlights adjusted, heated the first nut up good after a few weeks of periodic spraying I decided to try it. Guess what, it broke. Not surprised. So for now, sorry to the people I blind. The head of the bolt is hidden beneath a double riveted plate. Such a horrible design. So to tackle this project again I will need to break the remaining 3 bolts, disassemble the housing, drill out all the rivets, insert new carriage bolts (most likely cut an access hole for future), re-rivet, re-assemble, reinstall, and finally aim.
This is what the inside looks like, the head is beneath the tiny hole you see:
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you know I stared at this pic for a while trying to rattle my brain where in the heck this lives on a Yukon. couldn't do it. then realized when I saw the pic of the lift cylinder, this must be the remote headlights mounted on the plow. no way that was a factory design on the GMT800's. haha. sorry about the busted nut.
 
BigDogYJ said:
you know I stared at this pic for a while trying to rattle my brain where in the heck this lives on a Yukon. couldn't do it. then realized when I saw the pic of the lift cylinder, this must be the remote headlights mounted on the plow. no way that was a factory design on the GMT800's. haha. sorry about the busted nut.
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Haha, 100% correct. This is the Fisher plow headgear. Reading how I wrote it I can see the thinking!

Going to wait for a lull in the weather to tackle the headlight job and lift cylinder resealing kit. Fingers crossed we make it through the next 3 days. I do have a quart of extra blue fluid to top off.
 
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