Hey. I've researched and can't figure it out. Most of you know about taking the trim off around the guages and that the first thing you have to do is get that dimmer **** out. well i was working with mine the other day and the whole dimmer assembly came loose. I know there is a small round piece that the dimmer **** slides into and it holds the assembly to the dashboard. Ive tried every way and i cant attach that piece back to the assembly. It looks like it just screws into it but it just doesnt want to. Anyone know how its supposed to work?

 

I think I did the same thing. There is a little plastic screw thing that goes around the pull out metal rod, which is the ONLY thing that holds the dimmer in place. If you mess with that dimmer too much and it moves in any direction too much, the plastic screw will break, and, well, you're pretty much screwed. I just bought a new dimmer from Radio Shack, and two LED switches to control the headlights. I hated that pull out dimmer/headlight switch thing anyway. It was ugly, especially when the healights were on.

Crappy picture of what causes the broken dimmer:

 

The finished product:

 

Cool. Thanks for the input

 

I thought i was screwed when mine snapped.

 

i know just what happened to you i was doing the same exact thing you where going i was in stalling pro car parts gauges and i broke my black nut and well after searching the internet for a fue days i found this heres a pictures first is the nut i broke

 

2ed is the bag my new NUT-SW 1000-3445 came in and it is the same this as the orignal

 

hmm. I thought I was alone in this little problem.

 

nope i was in the same boat i went to the dealer ship and they said that part was discontuned and so i searched the internet and went to http://www.gmpartsdirect.com/ and did a parts # search and entered this part# 10003445 its so worth the money

 

O ok

 

Thanks man