Need help removing a socket from a gooseneck floor lamp
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04-07-17, 02:17 PM
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Need help removing a socket from a gooseneck floor lamp
I have a 40's gooseneck floor lamp and the socket has been sputtering. the lamp has a Bakelite socket, I was able to get off the top half of the socket and I did expose the inside lamp socket which I can and will replace, but the problem is that the lamp housing is loose and I want to tighten it. I can't remove the bottom half of the Bakelite socket though and I don't want to put it back together without tightening every thing up. If anyone can help, it would be gratefully appreciated.
thank you :c)
thank you :c)
Last edited by maglette; 04-07-17 at 02:35 PM.
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04-09-17, 05:58 PM
See those two little "fingers" on either side of the nipple? The "special tool" is called a spanner, it has little grooves that slide onto those fingers so you can tighten it... But you already have a perfectly acceptable substitute in your toolbox.. Stick a pair of needle nose pliers in there, force open the jaws to 'straddle' both fingers on opposite sides, and give it a left twist.
<img src="https://i.imgur.com/pDsPzTl.jpg" width="600" height="450"/>
<img src="https://i.imgur.com/pDsPzTl.jpg" width="600" height="450"/>
