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Old 01-14-2018, 08:54 PM   #7367
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Jks I lied, car isn't fixed, but it's running.

I get the most trivial issues ever. The corner indicator housing won't bolt back on LOL.

What you're supposed to do is loosen the retaining screw enough so the fork on the housing can come out of the plastic mounting tab. But what I did is take the entire screw out, and when I took the housing out, the basket came with.

I initially thought the basket just came off the fork, so I glued it back on, with contact cement. Didn't work. I also tried ghetto rigging it with zip ties. Didn't work. It holds it in place well enough for the housing not to fall out to the ground, but still loose enough to look like it could fall out.

So I thought the hole was too big. Turns out the whole housing is held on by a retaining screw in a basket. But what I suspect is that the PO didn't mount all the hardware back on when swapping to clear corners.

What I think I can do is to stick a plastic plug into the hole and thread the screw straight in. Or just figure out where to buy the hardware and figure out how to mount it back.

Some pics for reference


Ghetto rig




What was supposed to happen


The hardware that was SUPPOSED to come with the car


Yep. That's me. LOL
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