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Laverda Dave:
I am going through all the chrome parts on the rat bike to determine those parts that need a re-chrome and those I can clean up. The kickstart and gear change pedal appear as they will clean up with a bit of tlc as will I hope, the header pipes will do as well.
One part that will require a re-chrome is the rear light. Having looked at the fitting I cannot fathom how to remove the reflector from the rear chrome backplate. The thick rubber bracket mounting is sandwiched between the back plate and the reflector that contains the lamp holder and I cannot see how the two parts are joined to enable me to take them apart.
Has anyone managed to separate these two parts or is it a case of these parts were all assembled as one and pressed together using a jig at the factory?
I know I can buy a repro part but they are not very good quality and I'd like to save the original if possible.

Orcade-Ian:
From memory Dave, I think it's the bulb holder which holds it all together and as you say pressed together during manufacture.  I'll have a look better tomorrow but perhaps the old bulb holder could be removed with a Dremel and a separate holder - the type that had claws, pressed in after chroming.

Ian

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
DS sell the original Stanley rear lamp part for arround £34.80 i suspect re-chroming will not be cheaper.

Laverda Dave:
I missed that Ted and just had another look. You are right it would likely be cheaper to buy a new one especially as my original is badly pitted along the swaged part and would look good even following a re-chrome.
I can say though the quality of the aftermarket part is not good as I bought one for my other 400/4 about 8 years ago and it looked so bad I put the old rusty one back on! I don't remember DSS having new genuine back lamps at that time.

ozzybud:
They are not made to be taken apart. I'm sure it could be done.
On US eBay there are usually a couple dozen for sale.if you weed through  them you can find one that is almost rust free.
I just picked one up fir the CB400 that looks NOS.
Remember these units were used on many models for many years. Even my 1972 CT70
There is an nos unit on ebay right now for 349.  I payed 35

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