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Old 08-19-2022, 01:39 PM   #5
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Re: headlight switch shaft release

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Originally Posted by cj847 View Post
In my experience I have never found a trick that works consistently. you just have to fiddle with it until you hit the right spot. Doesn't seem to matter whether the switch is old or new. Twist it, push it in and out, press the button hard and soft and 1/2 way and all the way.

Sometimes I get lucky and it come out immediately, other times not so much.
This, plus the blood offering to the god of scraped knuckles. It should be left on the sheetmetal above the switch.
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