Side marker lights socket
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The entire housing has to be replaced. Normal failure mode is the plastic spring that holds it in place gets old, brittle. Which is fine until bulb burbs out, and flexing that plastic to remove housing to change bulbs causes it to flex beyond its now brittle ability, and it breaks.
The plastic spring is simply part of the housing molded base. A large C shape, that acts as a spring.
My solution wasto replace incandescent bulbs with LED. If bulb doesn't burn out, no reason to need to remove housing, no need to break it. Last virtually forever.
I went with clear lens, CR style housing. So used amber LED bulbs. No issues with flash rate, etc.
The plastic spring is simply part of the housing molded base. A large C shape, that acts as a spring.
My solution wasto replace incandescent bulbs with LED. If bulb doesn't burn out, no reason to need to remove housing, no need to break it. Last virtually forever.
I went with clear lens, CR style housing. So used amber LED bulbs. No issues with flash rate, etc.
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