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Old Dec 5, 2012 | 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by donerkebap
...So how do I pull apart the guts of the signal in order to reroute the wires to the appropriate threaded hole. any help in pulling apart the turn signal, without damaging it will be apreciated!
Pop out the lens using a coin.

I made a "socket assembly extraction tool" out of a metal coat-hanger.


You simply squeeze it, hook up the pins into the notches where the bulb fits in................




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.........and pull out gently the socket assembly:


 
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FXD, you're a fricking genius sir!
 
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FXD, you're a fricking genius sir!
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