Stupid headlight retention spring

[queens49]

Hey,
This question is probably most relevant to Joe. Tonight, my driver headlight bulb died. Since I was planning on heading snowboarding early tomorrow morning, I needed to get the bulb changed. I was able to get the spring off, but when I was putting it back on, one of the legs of the stupid clip snapped. Looking at it, it looks like the spring can be replaced, only held in place by the metal piece that's screwed in. Is this a part that I can order?

[MPS]

can you post pics ??? and im sure if its inside the HD ur going to need a whole new HD

[queens49]

Alright!!! Your post made me start looking for pics of the clip and I was able to find it on M3F. Looking at the clip, the end that I though was broken b/c it was so short, turned out to be fine. Thank god, it was just my stupidity. I forgot to remove the adapter plate on the burnt out bulb, and re-install it on the new bulb. That's why no matter what I did, I couldn't get any tension at all on the clip. The end of the clip felt jagged, so I assumed that it had snapped. I just finished installing it, and it's all good.

Thanks.

[MPS]

happy to help lol but i did nothing and still helped

[3GFX]

Vlad, it was just the fact that you were there ;)