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Canbuilt OPT-5405 User Manual

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OPT-5405
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Ver 050720

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  • Page 1 Perfect Night Vision..Canbuilt Mfg. OPT-5405 Model Ver 050720...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Perfect Night Vision..Canbuilt Mfg. INDEX Forewords 3 Assembling the aimer 4 Calibrating the Floor 7 Floor Slope Register 8 Vehicle Preparations 9 Positioning Aimer to Vehicle 10 Aiming Procedures 12 The Aiming Screen 12 Beam Elucidation Filters 13 Aiming Low Beams 14...

  • Page 5: Forewords

    Panther OPT-5405 Optical Headlight Aimer. You have made a wise purchase decision. The OPT-5405 is a high quality, durable piece of equipment that will give you years of trouble free operation. Your aimer has over 25 years of engineering refinement built-in. It is designed to meet the...

  • Page 6: Assembling The Aimer

    Perfect Night Vision..Canbuilt Mfg. COMPONENTS: . Optical aimer head . Heavy-duty mast . Reinforced base with wheels . Hardware to attach the mast to the base: 1 Bolt DIN 912, M 10 x 50 1 Washer DIN 7980, 10 mm 1 Flat washer, 10 mm .
  • Page 7 Perfect Night Vision..Canbuilt Mfg. STEP 1 Bolt the mast to the base aligning the mast as shown in Fig. 1 fig. 1. Fig. 2 STEP 2 Install optical aimer head on mast as shown in fig.2 by pressing trigger lock (fig. 3) and sliding it down the mast.
  • Page 8 Perfect Night Vision..Canbuilt Mfg. STEP 4 Fig. 5 Install the lateral alignment visor (fig. 5). The narrow slot in the visor should face the rear of the aimer (the wide slot faces the front). Hardware for Pointer Positioning System...

  • Page 9: Calibrating The Floor

    Perfect Night Vision..Canbuilt Mfg. INITIAL FLOOR SLOPE COMPENSATION Vehicle and aimer are both located on a flat and level floor. Floor compensation is required. Fig. 12 Vehicle and aimer are both located on a flat floor with a constant slope.

  • Page 10: Floor Slope Register

    Perfect Night Vision..Canbuilt Mfg. RECORDING THE FLOOR SLOPE SETTING … Near the floor slope adjustment knob , there is a † register consisting of a small cylinder that can be … used to count the turns of the knob .

  • Page 11: Vehicle Preparations

    Perfect Night Vision..Canbuilt Mfg. PREPARING THE VEHICLE FOR HEADLAMP AIM OR INSPECTION Before checking the aim, the inspector shall; Remove ice or mud from under fenders. Set tire inflation pressures to the values specified on the tire sidewall or information label.

  • Page 12: Positioning Aimer To Vehicle

    Perfect Night Vision..Canbuilt Mfg. POSITIONING THE AIMER TO VEHICLE Place the aimer in front of one 10-14 in headlamp at a distance between 10 25-35 cm to 14 in. (25 to 35 cm). Most beam patterns are clearest if the optical lens is about 12”...

  • Page 13: Correct Fig

    Perfect Night Vision..Canbuilt Mfg. POSITIONING AIMER TO VEHICLE With the aimer centered in front of the vehicle, choose two symmetrical points of the vehicle located at the same height off the ground (i.e. the upper part of the lamps, strut bolts, radiator support bolts, grill work etc.).

  • Page 14: Aiming Procedures

    Perfect Night Vision..Canbuilt Mfg. DESCRIPTION OF THE INTERNAL SCREEN OF THE AIMER The Panther 5405 is designed to reproduce, at a smaller scale, an aiming test screen compliant with the Standard SAE J599 (revised Aug. 1997). The beam projections appear on the internal screen of the aimer as they would appear on a screen located 25 feet from the headlamps.

  • Page 15: Beam Elucidation Filters

    Canbuilt has developed a beam elucidation filter to make it easier to view these beam patterns. The filters are designed to remove some of the extraneous light from the viewable pattern and enhance the high intensity zone, providing an image that is clearer and easier to see.

  • Page 16: Aiming Low Beams

    Perfect Night Vision..Canbuilt Mfg. AIMING LOW BEAM HEADLAMPS Low Beam Headlamps are aimed so that the top edge of the high-intensity zone is at the NOMINAL VERTICAL AIM line, and the left edge of the high-intensity zone is at the vertical center line of the screen.
  • Page 17 Perfect Night Vision..Canbuilt Mfg. DIFFERENT LOW BEAM PATTERNS There are many different beam patterns used in domestic vehicles. When checking headlights with complicated beam patterns, you must locate the part of the high intensity zone that shines farthest down the road ( is highest on the screen) .
  • Page 18 Perfect Night Vision..Canbuilt Mfg. INSPECTION LIMITS FOR LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS 4" 0" 4" 4" Perfect Adjustment 4" 4" 4" 4" 4" 4" 0" 0" 0" 4" 4" 4" 4" 4" 4" 4" 4" FAIL, too high FAIL, too low too low 4"...
  • Page 19 Perfect Night Vision..Canbuilt Mfg. AIMING HIGH BEAM HEADLAMPS AND AUXILIARY DRIVING LIGHTS High beam headlamps and auxiliary driving lights are aimed so that the center of the high- intensity zone is located at the horizontal and vertical center of the screen.
  • Page 20 Perfect Night Vision..Canbuilt Mfg. AIMING FOG LAMPS The correct aim for fog lamps with symmetrical beams (as described in SAE J583) is with the top edge of the high-intensity zone at or below the horizontal centerline and the center of the high-intensity zone centered on the screen.
  • Page 21 Perfect Night Vision..Canbuilt Mfg. AIMING EUROPEAN LOW BEAM HEADLAMPS European low beams do not have a high-intensity zone, all the illuminated area has a similar intensity. European type low beams are aimed so the cutoff of the illuminated zone is located at the horizontal and biased line.

  • Page 22: Beam Slope Compensation

    Perfect Night Vision..Canbuilt Mfg. BEAM SLOPE COMPENSATION NOMINAL VERTICAL AIM FOR LOW BEAMS The revised SAE J599 standard (8/97) requires low beam headlight aim to be adjusted based on headlamp height from the ground. The NOMINAL VERTICAL AIM position on low beam headlamps, as introduced in the new revision of the Standard SAE J599, "shall...

  • Page 23: Calibrating The Aimer

    Perfect Night Vision..Canbuilt Mfg. CHECKING CALIBRATION CAUTION OF THE LASER LASER RADIATION Use a ruler with increments of at least 1/16" DO NOT STARE (or 1 mm) to determine that the laser beam INTO BEAM height from the bottom is the same at the POWER OUTPUT <...
  • Page 24 Perfect Night Vision..Canbuilt Mfg. CHECKING THE LATERAL ALIGNMENT VISOR Check calibration of the visor by looking through the visor at the lateral calibration points on the aimer head as shown in drawings below. The line in the visor must match the edge of the three aligned holes on the aimer head.
  • Page 25 Perfect Night Vision..Canbuilt Mfg. CALIBRATING THE SCREEN To check the aimer for accuracy, place a car in front of a screen or a flat vertical wall, at a distance of 25 feet (7.6m). Trace or mark with tape the lines as shown in the figure below.
  • Page 26 Perfect Night Vision..Canbuilt Mfg. AIMING LOW BEAM HEADLAMPS Aim Low Beam Headlamps so that the top edge (the cutoff) of the high-intensity zone is at the NOMINAL VERTICAL AIM line, and the left edge of the high-intensity zone is at the vertical centerline of the headlamp.
  • Page 27 Perfect Night Vision..Canbuilt Mfg. ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURE The same procedure may be done by checking the aimer using the high beam instead of the low as a reference. AIMING HIGH BEAM HEADLAMPS High beam headlamps and auxiliary driving lights are aimed so that the center of the high- intensity zone is located at the horizontal and straight ahead vertically.

  • Page 29: Warranty Information

    Perfect Night Vision..Canbuilt Mfg. TWO YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY The Canbuilt model OPT-5405 headlight aimer is warranted to be free from defects in material and workmanship under normal user operation for a period of TWO YEARS from the date of purchase.
  • Page 30 NOTES Perfect Night Vision..Canbuilt Mfg.
  • Page 31 Perfect Night Vision..Canbuilt Mfg. Thank you for purchasing the Panther model OPT-5405. Contact your sales representative for information on other high quality automotive repair products from Canbuilt Mfg.. Please visit our web site at www.canbuilt.com...
  • Page 32 Canbuilt Mfg. Professional Model Optical Headlight Aimer Canbuilt Mfg. 103 Milvan Dr. Toronto, Ontario Perfect Night Vision..Canada M9L 1Z7 (416) 749-6555 www.canbuilt.com...

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