Comments on: How to disassemble a maglite

By: Pete

Pete — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 22:01:39 +0000

You are smarter than German Shepard! Thanks for info

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 24 May 2011 20:17:20 +0000

Thanks for doing the hard work by sacrificing the MagLite to the light Gods. My four D cell battery MagLite is the best light around and not a shabby defensive weapon, either. I doubt I would have found the well hidden grounding set screw. Even with your help, the corrosion really made it difficult to remove the switch. Good old WD40 did the trick after letting it marinate the insides. Cleaning the contacts and giving it a tad more spring length made it work like new!

By: rcaholic

rcaholic — Mon, 23 May 2011 18:22:30 +0000

Maglite has schematic in PDF format.
http://www.maglite.com/pdf/CustServ/CD_switch_repair_8_0410212004718132.pdf.

My 3D maglite tail endcap is fused to the man body.
I drilled two holes across the diameter of the end cap to insert the screw driver to get some leverage, I even inserted a hardened drill bit and tried pounding it like an impact wrench, but no luck. At this point I just want to salvage some parts if I can like the switch assembly. Thinking about taking a pipe cutter and removing the part of the body that threads with the end cap and see what happens.

By: Putra

Putra — Tue, 17 May 2011 05:18:42 +0000

Good job with the instructions man. Sure helped me with fixing of my mag 3D which I nearly chucked out with the garbage. Heaps of thanks man.

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 04 May 2011 03:19:38 +0000

My 3 D cell LED with a DL before the serial number had a torx set screw…to late its now B.E.R.

By: neil

neil — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 08:27:50 +0000

Maglites are officially the best torchers in the Universe!

By: neil

neil — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 07:57:05 +0000

just cracked it! thanks for that. used an insulated electricians screwdriver to get between the snap ring and the torch body to prise it out the groove. switch and bulb assembly then came out the top.

then used a club hammer and chisel to bash the corroded battery through the tube.

nice!

By: neil

neil — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 07:42:17 +0000

the reason i want to remove the switch is to get at the corroded stuck batteries. need to find a way of removing the split ring and tsaking the switch out the top…..

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:59:16 +0000

Thanks a lot Mag Service Center. Here I am pulling my hair out and getting mad at other peoples luck and happiness and Im sitting here with a pile of tools trying to figure it out. I have a brand new LED 3 D and the batteries blew in a month. Got 2 out and tried drilling the 3rd and basically trashed the battey trying to get it out. On my way to Harbor Freight Tools for a precision torx bit set. Wish me luck, Thanks

By: jeffery h

jeffery h — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 06:36:47 +0000

This was a great help on a maglite i was all but ready to throw away! Thanks again