Vehicle lamp

A vehicle lamp comprising:

• a lamp body;
• a reflector;
• and
• an aiming mechanism at least partially disposed between the reflector and the lamp body, wherein the reflector is tiltably supported by the aiming mechanism with respect to the lamp body,
• the aiming mechanism including an aiming fulcrum having a ball joint including a pivot on a reflector side and a bearing on a lamp body side of the ball joint,
• the pivot having a shaft portion on a base end side and a ball portion on a front end side of the pivot,
• the bearing including a cylindrical ball bearing portion formed on an inner periphery and opening forward via a diameter reducing portion, the ball bearing portion having a ball supporting surface in press-contact with the ball portion,
• the bearing further including one or more vertical slits in an open peripheral edge portion that support press-fitting of the ball portion into the ball bearing portion, and wherein,
• the ball portion is formed into a substantially hemispheric ball portion such that a front side of the ball portion press-fitted into the ball bearing portion has a spherical surface of a ball having a diameter of D.