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Old Aug 14, 2010 | 09:14 PM
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Unhappy Need help with rear tail light.

The other day I was going to swap the tail light bulbs with L.E.D ones when I noticed that one of the screws that holds the plastic lense in place would not come out. The screws head is not stripped and it turns when I try unscrewing it but the damn screw just wont come out. Any ideas?

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Old Aug 14, 2010 | 09:29 PM
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IIRC, its held in by one of those clips that slides over a hole and you thread into that. Could have broken that or stripped it out.

I'd take a dremel to the head of the screw.
 
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Old Aug 14, 2010 | 09:37 PM
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Diddo Der Dremel
 
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Old Aug 15, 2010 | 12:44 AM
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I had this same problem. On mine the screw wouldn't come out at all, so I couldn't get at the screw head without damaging the lens. I ended up cutting the lens out to get access to the screw, cut the screw off, and replaced the lens.
 
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take the non stripped screw out and gently pull out on that end of the light. While you are pulling try to unscrew the other one. If that doesn't work, got for the dremel.
 
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Old Aug 15, 2010 | 10:48 AM
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take the non stripped screw out and gently pull out on that end of the light. While you are pulling try to unscrew the other one. If that doesn't work, got for the dremel.
Yes this generally works. I forgot. Good call.
 
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