Left brake light loose?

[BlueCollarTahoe]

anyone know which way i should go? the left brake light gets loose time to time, should i change out the socket? seems the bulb pushes in pretty well just loosens up after a while

 

[SnowDrifter]

Only the left?

What happens if you swap bulbs from side to side?

 

[Big Mama]

Are you using dialectic grease when installing? Also the housing around the bulb base get corroded.

 

[BlueCollarTahoe]

Only the left?

What happens if you swap bulbs from side to side?

honesty the right one someties blink too but isnt as loose or dim as the left i think i did swap em at one point but im not sure.

Are you using dialectic grease when installing? Also the housing around the bulb base get corroded.

not lately but i could use it. if it was corroded it wouldnt work period right? the lighrs before the led was always working.

 

[Doubeleive]

I just bend the tabs in the socket inward a little bit with a small screwdriver so the bulb goes in nice and snug that usually prevents the bulb coming loose

 

[SnowDrifter]

I just bend the tabs in the socket inward a little bit with a small screwdriver so the bulb goes in nice and snug that usually prevents the bulb coming loose

We have different sockets? Mine are plastic

 

[Doubeleive]

We have different sockets? Mine are plastic

you must mean the socket then, in that case, rubber cement it wont harden and you can still change the bulb when needed then re-apply

 

[Big Mama]

Rust causes bad connections and may work on and off. How long have you had the LED lights? Everything was good before them?

 

[BlueCollarTahoe]

today i took them out and put in some cheap regular bulbs...were off. i went through the fuses and one of them were blown it seems. i put a new one and the brake lights were back.

 

[05Single]

I bend the wires out on the bulb itself . Dielectric grease helps.

 

[Big Mama]

Glad you solved it

 

[BlueCollarTahoe]

can anyone reccomend a good brand of bright LED lights with solid bases to them? it seems the cheap LED light bulbs bought off amazon werent fitting real snug like the cheap bulbs from autozone do. i want the bright LED in all the lights not the old bulbs.

 

[Big Mama]

There’s an entire thread on LED’s.

 

[BlueCollarTahoe]

There’s an entire thread on LED’s.

can you link me to the thread? shopping around for replacements now

 

[Big Mama]

If you go to the 2007-2014 forum and type LED in the search there are dozens of pages.