Honda Accord

1998-1999 of release

Repair and operation of the car


Honda Chord
+ Cars of the Honda Accord brand
+ Settings and routine maintenance
+ Engine
+ Cooling systems, heating
+ Power supply system and release
+ Electric equipment of the engine
+ Engine management
+ gear shifting Box
+ Coupling and power shafts
+ Brake system
+ Suspension bracket and steering
+ Body
- Onboard electric equipment
   Search of causes of failures of electric equipment
   Safety locks - the general information
   Chain breakers
   The relay - the general information and check of serviceability of functioning
   Check of serviceability of functioning and replacement of the breaker of indexes of turns / alarm system
   Check of serviceability of functioning and replacement of understeering switches
   Check of serviceability of functioning and replacement of the switch of ignition and lock of blocking of a steering column
   Check of serviceability of functioning and replacement of switches of the dashboard
   Check of serviceability of functioning of measuring instruments of a combination of devices
   Removal and installation of a combination of devices
   Removal and installation of the radio receiver and loudspeakers
   Removal and installation of the antenna of the radio receiver
   Replacement of lamps of head headlights
   Adjustment of the direction of optical axes of head headlights
   Replacement of block headlights
   Replacement of lamps
   Running fires of light time of day (DRL)
   Check of serviceability of functioning and replacement of an electric motor of the drive of screen wipers
   Check of serviceability of functioning and replacement of horns of a horn
   Check of serviceability of functioning and recovery repair of a heater of back glass
   Control system of speed (tempostat) - general information and check of serviceability of functioning
   The electric drive of window regulators - general information and check of serviceability of functioning
   The uniform lock - general information and check of serviceability of functioning
   The electric drive of external rear-view mirrors - general information and check of serviceability of functioning
   Safety cushions - the general information
+ Schemes of electric equipment

Adjustment of the direction of optical axes of head headlights

Violation of adjustment of the direction of optical axes of head headlights can lead to dazzle of drivers of the vehicles moving a parallel course and be the reason of creation of an emergency on the road. Check of correctness of adjustment of headlights has to be made regularly time in 12 months, and also every time after replacement of block headlights and performance of repair of the bearing car front elements. It is necessary to pay attention of readers to that fact that the procedure described below can be considered only as preventive control. Final adjustment of optical axes has to be made in a specialized workshop of car service!


 PERFORMANCE ORDER

1. Each of block headlights is equipped with two sprung adjusting screws: internal and external. Access to both screws opens from the back party of a block headlight. Screws have crosswise vents and their rotation requires Philips screw-driver.

2. Besides adjusting screws the considered models are equipped with measuring instruments of level of lamps of head headlights, the adjustments of the direction of optical axes considerably facilitating procedure. If it is not possible to achieve satisfactory result by rotation of adjusting screws (see below), means is available mechanical deformation of body panels of a front of the car takes place.

3. Drive the car a front to a wall. Paste on a wall an adhesive tape strip on the vertical line passing in the diametrical plane of the car. Also paste vertical strips of an adhesive tape on the lines passing through the centers of projections to a wall of lenses of head headlights.

4. Paste on a wall horizontally located adhesive tape strip on the line drawn through the centers of projections of lenses of head headlights to a wall surface.

It is simpler to make this procedure, having adjusted the car closely to a wall.

5. For performance of adjustment of the direction of optical axes of head headlights roll away the car from a wall on distance about 7.6 m.

The platform on which the car is placed, has to have an equal horizontal surface, it is desirable with a hard coating. The fuel tank of the car has to be filled half, from salon and a luggage compartment all heavy subjects breaking centering of the car are taken.

6. Begin with adjustment of the direction of an optical axis of a passing beam. Try to achieve rotation of adjusting screws of block headlights such arrangement of light spots that a zone with the maximum intensity of lighting in about 50 mm was lower than the horizontal line and is touch sizes more right than the vertical.
7. Having finished the first adjustment, turn on a driving beam: zones of the maximum intensity of illumination have to be displaced in the direction of crossing of vertical lines with horizontal, having been slightly lower than the last.

To receive equally full centering of beams of both a near, and driving beam in practice it is not possible. It is necessary to try to achieve some compromise solution taking into account features of operation of the car, keeping aspiration to ensure the maximum traffic safety in the head of a corner.

8. At the first opportunity drive away the car on car repair shop for performance of adjustment of the direction of optical axes of head headlights with use of the special equipment.