Removing reflector from tail light assembly

[47heaven]

I just received my two tail light assemblies that I won on Ebay a week or so ago. I saw they had good reflectors in them and the lenses were good, so I bid on them. My question now is how do the reflectors come out so I can put them in my existing tail light assemblies? I don't want to crack them or anything.

[David Maxwell]

1. Pronged type: These have prongs that push into the reflector's metal tube. You just press them together and push the reflector from the the backside toward the front.

2. The bot type: These have a bolt and washer on the backside which you remove and slide the reflector out.

Both types can get frozen into place over the years so it might take a little peersuasion to remove them. However, be careful not to damage your hand as well the reflector/bezel.

[47heaven]

1. Pronged type: These have prongs that push into the reflector's metal tube. You just press them together and push the reflector from the the backside toward the front.

2. The bot type: These have a bolt and washer on the backside which you remove and slide the reflector out.

Both types can get frozen into place over the years so it might take a little peersuasion to remove them. However, be careful not to damage your hand as well the reflector/bezel.

Thanks, Dave. These looked capped off from the back, so I can't see any prongs or bolts. Maybe the cap comes off?

[47heaven]

Hell, I can't figure it out. It looks as if some round piece of thin metal, the same diameter of the refelector, was pushed in behind it. Has anyone else ever taken these reflectors out before? Is there an exploded picture of the tail light around? Maybe that might explain things better. I mean, I'm sure these things were ment to be replaced, weren't they?

[BobT-47P15]

....on the tail light reflector. Here is the exploded view. The stud and washers and nut are for attaching the tail light. Have never removed a reflector, myself.