My Spyder is Cross Eyed

[Mo Lee]

I guess that makes it special. On the way to work this morning it was cold and foggy I hit a dark stretch of road where I frequently see forest rats and as usual was using low beam because of the fog I flipped the lights to high beam to see if I could see farther and noticed the light beams crossed each other about 30 ft out. I never noticed this before and probably spotted it because of the wall of fog the beams were hitting. Do you think it will need surgery or will it grow out of it.

 

[SpyderWolf]

Good question, and I will be tagging along to see what kind of responses you get. To be honest, I have never looked that closely at the aiming of my headlights yet.

 

[Some Guy]

See the owner's manual on headlight aiming. The left light is a little different than the right due to a differently shaped flap on the shutter to help keep from blinding oncoming traffic. It's probably more pronounced in the fog and that's why you just noticed it. :dontknow:

 

[NancysToy]

I guess that makes it special. On the way to work this morning it was cold and foggy I hit a dark stretch of road where I frequently see forest rats and as usual was using low beam because of the fog I flipped the lights to high beam to see if I could see farther and noticed the light beams crossed each other about 30 ft out. I never noticed this before and probably spotted it because of the wall of fog the beams were hitting. Do you think it will need surgery or will it grow out of it.

This is not normal, and shouldn't be happening with lights that have projector lenses, that cast a straight, narrow beam. The lights are normally fixed side-to-side, with adjustment only up and down. That leaves possibilities such as a loose or damaged housing or lens, looseness or damage where the light assembly is mounted, loose fasteners, or perhaps a loose bulb. Not fun to get to, and hard to see unless you remove the entire console instead of just the cluster. Best of luck in tracking it down.

 

[Mo Lee]

Thanks for the responses, I really don't plan on messing with it since the Spyder in my opinion has good lights. I just thought it was interesting the way the beams crossed and thought I would share that fact.

 

[xpeschon]

Mo Lee I have always thought that my lights have never been adjusted right, In my experience while driving at night I have not noticed that however, my left (or it could be the right) headlight is (I'm guessing here of course) about 3-4 feet higher or lower depending on which one your looking at----Tell you what, if you do end up messing with them let me know and possible we can line them up together however maybe you need to make an eye appointment with the eye doctor to see if you can't get the whole Crossed Eyed thing fixed,,I'm sure you have the spyder under your Vision Plan at work right? ha ha.. Anyway it was foggy wasn't it.. I planned on riding in today but I have to pick up a lawn mower to be welding,,, Oh and since you did such a GREAT JOB on my hitch I may need another welding job, its just a deck wheel is all, Piece of cake for you.. Sorry I'm getting off the topic, anyway again if you do mess with the lights let me know..
Joe
(X)

 

[Mo Lee]

Mo Lee I have always thought that my lights have never been adjusted right, In my experience while driving at night I have not noticed that however, my left (or it could be the right) headlight is (I'm guessing here of course) about 3-4 feet higher or lower depending on which one your looking at----Tell you what, if you do end up messing with them let me know and possible we can line them up together however maybe you need to make an eye appointment with the eye doctor to see if you can't get the whole Crossed Eyed thing fixed,,I'm sure you have the spyder under your Vision Plan at work right? ha ha.. Anyway it was foggy wasn't it.. I planned on riding in today but I have to pick up a lawn mower to be welding,,, Oh and since you did such a GREAT JOB on my hitch I may need another welding job, its just a deck wheel is all, Piece of cake for you.. Sorry I'm getting off the topic, anyway again if you do mess with the lights let me know..
Joe
(X)

Anytime Joe, you know that, my garage is your garage and the only thing I like better than riding is hanging out in the garage.

 

[Firefly]

See the owner's manual on headlight aiming. The left light is a little different than the right due to a differently shaped flap on the shutter to help keep from blinding oncoming traffic. It's probably more pronounced in the fog and that's why you just noticed it. :dontknow:

:agree:

I think maybe he's just seeing the difference and there is an area in the middle that I could see some as thinking of 'overlap or cross eyed'.

Test it how the owners manual says and you'll know for sure.....

 

[pitbull]

Molee if you close your eyes you won't notice it as bad :yikes::joke: Good luck with that one let me know how that works lol:2thumbs: And jk we can cure it for you bro!

 

[Star Cruiser]

Mo Lee I have always thought that my lights have never been adjusted right, In my experience while driving at night I have not noticed that however, my left (or it could be the right) headlight is (I'm guessing here of course) about 3-4 feet higher or lower depending on which one your looking at----Tell you what, if you do end up messing with them let me know and possible we can line them up together however maybe you need to make an eye appointment with the eye doctor to see if you can't get the whole Crossed Eyed thing fixed,,I'm sure you have the spyder under your Vision Plan at work right? ha ha.. Anyway it was foggy wasn't it.. I planned on riding in today but I have to pick up a lawn mower to be welding,,, Oh and since you did such a GREAT JOB on my hitch I may need another welding job, its just a deck wheel is all, Piece of cake for you.. Sorry I'm getting off the topic, anyway again if you do mess with the lights let me know..
Joe
(X)

My RIGHT light is aimed higher than the left. IT also seems to be a little more toward the curb side than straight ahead. According to the adjustment detailed in the owners manual it SHOULD be that way. I have had some riders ahead of me complain that it appears that my right light is as if it were on highbeam. iam considering lowering it a little so it is less of a difference from the Left light.
Never noticed the "crossing" on high beam though

 

[NancysToy]

My RIGHT light is aimed higher than the left. IT also seems to be a little more toward the curb side than straight ahead. According to the adjustment detailed in the owners manual it SHOULD be that way. I have had some riders ahead of me complain that it appears that my right light is as if it were on highbeam. iam considering lowering it a little so it is less of a difference from the Left light.
Never noticed the "crossing" on high beam though

A number of us had to do that. At certain angles, it also looks like one beam or the other is burned out, in the daytime, due to the narrow beam of the projector lens. Riding with a passenger makes the problem worse. If you can, adjust the beam while someone is sitting in the rider's seat.

 

[RodO]

Can't add more than what the others have said about aiming the headlights, BUT, what the heck is a forest rat? I'm a geologist and have been called a bush rat, but this is a new one for me. :dontknow:

I guess that makes it special. On the way to work this morning it was cold and foggy I hit a dark stretch of road where I frequently see forest rats and as usual was using low beam because of the fog I flipped the lights to high beam to see if I could see farther and noticed the light beams crossed each other about 30 ft out. I never noticed this before and probably spotted it because of the wall of fog the beams were hitting. Do you think it will need surgery or will it grow out of it.

 

[Mo Lee]

Can't add more than what the others have said about aiming the headlights, BUT, what the heck is a forest rat? I'm a geologist and have been called a bush rat, but this is a new one for me. :dontknow:

White tailed Deer aka Bambi we have a bunch in the Ozarks.

 

[RodO]

Got ya. We've got the same 'problem' up here - both white tails and mule deer -- and their big cousins, moose. :yikes: