does anyone know how to split the headlamp assy.
while changing the sidelight bulb it came unplugged from the cable and fell inside the headlamp.

 

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I've changed my sidelights many many times, trying various Cree LEDs. Unfortunately the only ones which look good and fit (diameter must be less than 11mm) keep blowing. Often, when I remove the dud globe, it falls apart and all or most of it falls into the light assembly. No need to take the light assembly apart to get it out, simply hold the assembly in the air above your head so the sidelight opening is facing downwards, and gently jiggle it around until the rogue globe (or piece of it) lodges back in the hole. With any luck it will then fall out, otherwise gently reach in with a pair of small angled needle nosed pliers and pull it out. Be patient, sometimes it will work straight away, other times it will take several goes. I've done this at least four times now, I've had enough of the faffing about with blown LEDs, so I've now gone back to stock globes.

 

thanks for that.
problem is its an LED bulb i was trying to fit and its not in bits.
anyhow i have now ordered a couple of extra bulbs and will probably leave the loose one inside for now.

 

Two out of the four times I removed an LED globe which had fallen into the light assembly it was the whole globe, so getting a whole globe out with the 'shake' method does work.
Like you, the first time it happened I couldn't get it out so I just left it there. This one wasn't a Cree, it was an SMD LED. But it was very noticeable and it bugged the hell out of me, so I decided to have another go at removing it. This time it lodged in the hole and fell out first shake!

 

patience is the word i suppose.
before i fit the new bulb i will have another try at shaking the loose one out.