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Old 04-25-2015, 05:22 PM   #13
Overdrive
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Hey, folks. Sorry to dust off a thread last touched over a year ago, but I have a related concern. My rear right brake light has a problem. The bulb is perfectly fine, but the metal housing in the plastic assembly that makes the connection won't stay in place. When the spring behind the socket holding the bulb gets compressed, it forces the housing to come free from the plastic, breaking the connection. I've bent the metal tabs outward in hopes that it will stay in place, and sometimes this works. But over time (and several bumps and vibrations of all kinds later), the socket will pop out again and I'll get folks telling me for the umpteenth time that I have a brake light out. Is there a way I can fix this or am I going to have to buy a new assembly? I'll follow up with some pictures once I get out there and take some in case my explanation above did a crappy job.
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