Sayco/Canbuilt Panther Headlight Aimer

1 ModelOPT-5405 Ver 050720 ProfessionalOptical Headlight aiming SystemCanbuilt Night Low Beams 14 aiming High Beam and Auxiliary Lights 17 aiming Fog Lights 18 aiming European Beam 19 Forewords 3 Assembling the Aimer 4 Calibrating the Floor 7 Floor Slope Register 8 Vehicle Preparations 9 Positioning Aimer to Vehicle 10 Beam Slope Compensation 20 Calibrating the Aimer 21 Warranty Information 27 aiming Procedures 12 The aiming Screen 12 Beam Elucidation Filters 13 Canbuilt Milvan , OntarioCanada M9L 1Z7(416) - Page 1 Canbuilt Night Panther OPTICAL Headlight Aimer MODEL OPT-5405 Thank you for purchasing theOPT-5405 Optical Headlight have made a wise purchase decision.

2 The OPT-5405 is a high quality, durable pieceof equipment that will give you years of trouble free Aimer has over 25 years of engineering refinement built-in. It is designed to meet thefollowing requirements:Designed for compliance with the latest revisions of the Standards SAE J599 (Aug 1997)and J600 (Feb 1993).Aims all headlights including Domestic, European, and Asian type guided floor slope transportable from bay to no floor self-checking for orthogonality of its aiming is performed based on an image of the Headlight beam recreated inside theoptical Aimer head.

3 The internal screen duplicates the screen required by the SAEstandard manual is written based on the requirements of the SAE J599 standard for 3 Canbuilt Night :123456. Optical Aimer head. Heavy-duty mast. Reinforced base with wheels. Hardware to attach the mast to thebase:1 Bolt DIN 912, M 10 x 501 Washer DIN 7980, 10 mm1 Flat washer, 10 mm. Lateral alignment visor. Lock / unlock mechanism. Mast cap. Precision floor slope Aimer positioning system. Floor slope registerLaser guided floor slopemeasurement system (not shown)3512748098765432110 Assembling the Aimer6911 Page 4 - Assembling the AimerCanbuilt Night the AimerSTEP 1 Bolt the mast to the base aligning the mast as shown infig.

4 2 Install optical Aimer head onmast as shown in bypressing trigger lock (fig. 3)and sliding it down the 1 STEP 3 Check that the mast is correctly positioned. The Aimer head should be parallel to thebase (fig. 4). Tighten the mast bolt with 10 mm allen 4 CORRECTINCORRECTFig. 2 Fig. 3 Assembling the Aimer - Page 5 Canbuilt Night the AimerASSEMBLY IS COMPLETEThe Panther is factory calibrated for accuracy, to verify calibration of Aimer , see sectionon Aimer the holder to the middle ofthe Aimer head, at the tip of 5 STEP 4 Install the lateral alignment visor (fig.)

5 5). Thenarrow slot in the visor should face the rear of theaimer (the wide slot faces the front).STEP 5 Install the pointer positioning system usinghardware as shown in fig. 7. Hardware is attachedto the optical Aimer head and must be removed forpointer installation 6 Hardware for PointerPositioning SystemThread nuton bolt, insertthrough eye in pointer system andthread nuton on optical Aimer headtightening nutagainst Aimer asshown in fig. the process for stopper 8 Page 6 - Assembling the Aimerfig.

6 7 CBApointer systemCanbuilt Night the FloorINITIAL FLOOR SLOPE COMPENSATIONV ehicle and Aimer are both locatedon a flat and level compensation is 12 Vehicle and Aimer are both locatedon a flat floor with a constant compensation is 13 Vehicle and Aimer are located ondifferent flats, both of them with aconstant compensation is 14 Vehicle and/or Aimer are located onirregular is recommended not to aim theheadlamps on such 15 LASER GUIDED FLOOR SLOPE COMPENSATION SYSTEMP osition Aimer at front of bay.

7 Turn on laser by turning knob on laser housing. Measurecenter of laser beam height from floor at front wheel and at back wheel. The distancefrom the floor should be the same. If it is not, adjust floor slope knob until they are fig. 16 and fig. 16 CAUTIONLASER RADIATIONDO NOT STAREINTO BEAMCLASS II LASER PRODUCTPOWER OUTPUT < 1mWWAVELENGHT: 630-680 nmCalibrating the floor - Page 7 Canbuilt Night the Floor0987654321 Floor slope adjustment knobFig. 19 RECORDING THE FLOOR SLOPE SETTINGNear the floor slope adjustment knob, there is aregisterconsisting of a small cylinder that can beused to count the turns of the knob.

8 This registersinks or raises with each turn of the knob (fig. 19).Shops using the Aimer in more than one locationshould record the floor slope settings for the recorded floor slope setting for subsequentuses in the same location. Simply set the slopeadjustment knob to the previously recorded positionprior to aiming headlights. ONCE THE SETTING IS RECORDED, IT IS NOTNECESSARY TO TAKE THE FLOOR SLOPEMEASUREMENT AGAIN FOR THIS LOCATIONNote: A decal is included with the Aimer .

9 You can record floor slope settings and adherethe decal to Aimer for reference. You can also use the matrix below for recording NUMBERREGISTER SETTINGREGISTERSETTINGKNOB SETTINGKNOBSETTINGDATEPage 8 - Floor slope registerCanbuilt Night THE VEHICLE FOR HEADLAMP AIM OR INSPECTIONB efore checking the aim, the inspector shall;Remove ice or mud from under tire inflation pressures to the values specified on the tire sidewall orinformation car springs for sag or broken that there is no load in the vehicle other than the functioning of any automatic vehicle leveling systems and specificmanufacturer's instructions pertaining to vehicle preparation for for bulb burnout, broken aiming pads.

10 And proper beam suspension by rocking vehicle the vertical height of the center of the headlamp from the PreparationsVehicle Preparations - Page 9 Canbuilt Night the Aimer to VehiclePOSITIONING THE Aimer TO VEHICLE25-35 cm10-14 inFig. 20 Top ViewSide viewNote: There are several ways to determine the center of the Headlight beam. If yourheadlight has a clear lens and you can see the bulb, it is generally located at the Headlight lenses have a small dot in the lens that indicates the center.