Great article, now that you have shown how to release the clip, hopefully I should be able to expose mine to a dry atmosphere. I've been poking around from the inside to try and release them.
Called into Chester Motorrad today ... no problem ... we will fit a new one tomorrow.. didn’t seem at all surprised ... glad it’s under warranty still
So last weekend the bike got a decent clean and aftwards the nearside LED was out. Over-zealous use of the pressure washer on my part is the only explanation! Pop it back in the garage, unplug the socket into the back of the light and leave it to dry out. Back to bike yesterday and everything working again.
Now I'm standing looking at the OEM cable to the light and something feckin obvious stikes me - the wire into the back of the LED is slopping downwards! What a stupid design! Photo below shows you what I mean and that small locating clip (red circle) on the crashbar is the cuprit. The arc of the wire from that clip into the back of the light inevitably means the wire slopes down and water runs straight into the back of the socket.
I haven't had time yet but I will be relocating those clips or modifying the design so that water can't travel uphill!
What a silly design!
Has anyone purchased just the replacement bulb rather than the entire unit and if so where did you get them from please? My problem was not water ingress but the bulb cooked because the heatsink paste was in the screw head rather on the lamp back! Unfortunately the lamp is out of warranty from BMW. On the bulb it says it is an Osram JFLCF2.2. The Osram website says they have a 5 year warranty but I am not sure how to call this in, if it is at all possible. If anyone has any advice that would be terrific.
To overcome the water draining down the cable into the fitting an idea would be to fit a tight fitting grommet around the cable close to the light ,this would make any water drip off clear of the inlet.