Thank You for this in depth tutorial on the disassembly and reassembly of the Maglite switch. Had one that the batteries swelled up in and got stuck and corroded. Had to beat the batteries out of it then clean up the inside. Put it all back together with your help and now it is working fine again. I will never put regular batteries in my Maglite ever again.

Thxs. Took it apart and forgot how to put it back together. Saved me 30 bucks.

Thank you from germany u have made my day i Just followed, Your direction and succeded, without Your help nö chance for me. Ali

I had a 3 D mag suffer battery leakage as well. I tried to get it apart, but couldn't figure out how to get the button assembly out. Thanks for showing the allen wrench trick. I never would have found this on my own. Long story short, I used my hydraulic shop press to gently push out the electrical assembly and corroded battery. Works great once it was cleaned. Thanks.