headlight adjuster bushing

My guess would be Yes, but sometimes the actual adjustment housing breaks which causes the problem. I replaced mine from my parts car and was able to solve the problem.

Jim

Hmmm, interesting. I had some time to take a closer look at it today while waiting for the movers. It is the right light on an '87 C900, it pivots on a line between the upper left and lower right corners (although appears to be attached), such that the upper right and lower left corners move in/out about half an inch. Also, if I angle the light towards where it "should" be, it still sits crooked in the housing bucket thing (not being flush with the rest of the grille) as compared to the other side. Does any of this mean anything?

Hmmm, this sounds like the adjustment nut retainer is broken to yeild that much movement. Normally if the snap bushings (pic from The Saab Site) are cracked or worn, you get just a little bit of movement. The nut is plastic (I believe) and retained on the headlight housing. If you move the housing the half inch, can you see the nut on the adjustment screw and is it separated from the housing? The end of the screw snaps into the bushing and pivots the headlight in the housing. This is what was wrong with mine along with worn bushings.

Didn't get a chance to look at it today, have to wait for the sun to come back up. I should've specified in my last post that the "lefts" and "rights" I was referring to were looking at the light assembly from inside the engine compartment (the back of the light).