Burned Headlight Socket!

[wyldnwoody44]

So lately I have had a problem with my drivers' side headlight cutting on and off; well I finally decided to take the bulb out of the brown socket and I saw that half of the socket was all burned up and that the light wasnt making a good connection.

I went down to the junkyard and cut off a new socket out of the SVX there and wired it up and threw my bulb back in. Yesterday i noticed that my light was out, so I took the bulb out and saw that the inner part of the socket was all burned up again!!! I didnt change the bulb out when I changed the socket as they are silverstars and one of the prongs of the bulb was a lil messed up but I didnt think that would cause this to happen would it?

Idk if anyone else has had this happen, but right now i just have the bulb ziptied tight into the socket so my drivers side lowbeam wont cut out. Would the bulb being a lil jacked up cause this, or should I look for a short somewhere else. When I wired up the socket it is tight and I used wire nuts and electrical tape, so there shouldnt be a problem there. Any help appreciated.

Thanks in advance