Headlight adjuster install direction?

[khuebner250]

Do these pull forward from the back of the bucket or push in from the front. Maybe a dumb ? But either way.

 

[Alaskan_TA]

From the front.

 

[67Dart273]

The screw is at the front

 

[Alaskan_TA]

The part the screw threads into is also installed from the front.

Based on his photo, top is right & bottom is wrong. ;-)

 

[khuebner250]

Thanks. I thought they came out that way but the new ones all came assembled like the bottom one in the pic, backwards.

 

[RedFish]

At first glance Top one looks more proper/correct. The steel clip is a basically a anchored hardware. If you can turn it one way and insert it from backside ( like the bottom one ) that would probably work, although the depth of the anchor limits travel a little. In some examples there isn't access or space to insert it from backside ( blind hole or tight in a corner ).
On the other hand... There is a spring applying some pressure on them. Which way is stronger, less apt to pull out? The bottom one, inserted from the backside.
From the factory there very well could have been one this way and one that way. Like one pre installed in the fender and the other hanging on the headlight bucket. They hooked the one screw head and the spring to the bucket then poke the other anchor in, done. Betcha somebody here has OEM example of your year model ( what ever that is ).

 

[TrailBeast]

On these cars They ALL push in from the front and lock into place (like the top example)