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YOUR RESEARCHHelp - Cant remove Headlight
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Ive had this problem - It is very likely the bolt has worn or suffered from corrosion.
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- I had to replace the "bar" and few other bits and pieces.
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Hi,
Slight problem, I need to remove the passenger side headlight to change a bulb, car is RHD, the bar is just spinning round quite freely rather than ejecting the light. I can see a silver metal cable in the hole when the gromit is removed to put the bar in is this anything to do with it?
how else can I get the headlight out?!
:?:
Silver metal cable is probably the emergency bonnet release its just coiled away and stashed under the light - are you doing the drivers side?
You might want to jiggle the light unit a bit - though it sounds as though if the metal bar is spinning the base plate (plastic might be cracked I don't think it should be able to spin through 360 degrees).
But if its spinning it sounds as though its free of the lugs in the headlight unit.
Without wishing to tempt fate perhaps do the other side to understand the mechanics of the unit - unlikely they'll both be broken - but don't apply any force gently does it and it should eject the unit on the first 1/4 turn.
cheers vlad,
Made abit of progress on this..
I'm doing the passenger side light, I've pulled the cable out and it appears to go towards the bonnet so makes sense.
I've put a socket in the hole and it dos'nt spin round, it's really tight though, I've put quite abit of pressure on it to the stage where I can see flex in the light unit but still no popping out is happening.
Can you get to it if I remove wheel and inner arch liner and push from behind? or is more force needed?!
With the socket in the hole - it should just take a 1/4 - 1/2 turn, anti-clockwise . No more.
Not sure about removing the wheel liner - probably would give access - but am not sure.
Ive had this problem - It is very likely the bolt has worn or suffered from corrosion.
- I had to replace the "bar" and few other bits and pieces.
- I will get the part number out to you hopefully sometime in the evening.
If you do the work yourself (relatively simple) it not that expensive to resolve but you will need some WD and few basic tools...
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