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Old Jun 5, 2005 | 07:17 AM
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Hey, how do I do this? I know there is a trick.
 
Old Jun 5, 2005 | 07:43 AM
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Everyone has a problem with this, except me. :tongue1: I got it my 2nd try, after working for 20 seconds.

I think the secret, is a very very small flat head screwdriver. One you use to work on eye glasses or something. Stick it into the slit, and put mild pressure on it with your left hand. With your right hand pull straight out on the headlight switch.
 
Old Jun 5, 2005 | 10:03 AM
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why do you want to take it off?
 
Old Jun 5, 2005 | 10:17 AM
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You have to remove it when replacing a guage pod or adding a bullet switch.
 
Old Jun 5, 2005 | 01:35 PM
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It's a lot easier to take off than to put back on...I had to pull it off when I put in my Simco gauges.
 
Old Jun 5, 2005 | 08:57 PM
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I know what you mean,I dont even know what I did to take it off but its tricky.
 
Old Jun 17, 2005 | 07:48 PM
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There's a metal tab in the shaft of the headlight ****. Stick a small, skinny flat head screwdriver in there and press on it and pull the **** out as you do so. It will slide off but with some force though.

Putting it back on is easy as well. It's a triangular shape metal rod that slips into the headlight ****. It has to match up as it goes in. Very simple. I've done this I don't know how many times
 
Old Jun 18, 2005 | 05:38 AM
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I bent a large nail with a 90 degree "hook"...stick it in there so it hooks underneath the tab in there and pull towards you with the nail...the **** should slide right off.
 
Old Jun 22, 2005 | 11:23 AM
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Mines comes off all the time when I pull it kinda hard!...
 
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