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cleaning headlight from inside?


st. augustine

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  1. remove phillips head screw from bottom of black headlight bucket
  2. slide light assembly out of housing
  3. remove parking light (twist)
  4. remove headlight bulb (spring clamp under rubber boot)
  5. remove entire assembly from bike, place glass-down on something soft
  6. release pressure on four plastic tabs under chrome trim ring - I needed a flat blade screwdriver to do this
  7. remove trim ring and glass lens
  8. clean and reassemble

10 minute job. Have fun - and be careful of the plastic tabs.

 

Mine had a black spot on the plasti-chrome that I was trying to remove, but it seems the finish is damaged. Bummer. Has anyone ever used this chrome spray paint?

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ok, thanks.  I had removed the chrome ring and polished it up nice and clean with Flitz metal polish then put some Meguiar's paste on it.  Man it looks nice.

 

I'll pull it off again, remove the bulb out of the light housing and try to use a bottle brush on the inside.  BTW, I don't think it is sealed, DL.

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You won't need any kind of special brush. Everything comes apart. Even the glass lens can be detached from the chrome-plastic inner piece (4 plastic tabs that snap in place - to remove you need to pry them back gently). 

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