Headlight knob ??????
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Racer
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From: milton wi
Headlight **** ??????
So I went to pull my dash off to replace a couple bulbs, when I noticed I cant pull mu headlight **** off. It looks likes there was a crack and then someone glued it on. Is there any way to pull out the whole **** and arm? thanks
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Originally Posted by Buttz
So I went to pull my dash off to replace a couple bulbs, when I noticed I cant pull mu headlight **** off. It looks likes there was a crack and then someone glued it on. Is there any way to pull out the whole **** and arm? thanks
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On my car the **** pulls off, but you must look at the ****, there is a small metal tab to depress. Look around at the back of the **** there is a slot in the plastic **** that allows access to the tab. I think you could also turn the metal pole the the **** is on and detach it that way, I changed out my blubs recently and the **** on mine worked fine like that. 
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Originally Posted by Buttz
So I went to pull my dash off to replace a couple bulbs, when I noticed I cant pull mu headlight **** off. It looks likes there was a crack and then someone glued it on. Is there any way to pull out the whole **** and arm? thanks
. On the underside of the switch however is a button that catches in the slot of the shaft when installing it. You can get to the button if you take the top of the dash off by reaching underneath the switch and depressing it. Check out corvette central,they have pictures of the parts there
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I got the one off on my 87 with the help of a tip I got here. They told me to use a baby flat blade screw driver to depress the small spring steel V clip toward the **** and pull on the **** at the same time. Worked great. Now, you may have had yours glued on by a previous owner. If they used something like JB Weld then you might have to break it off. You can buy a new one with the proper clip from Corvette Central or a used one from www.vette2vette.com
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