well I want to powdercoat my turn signals on my 11 wideglide. how do they come apart? I mean taking the bulb socket out of the housing

 

If you remove the lens I think you can pull the bulb socket and attached wiring through the front of the housing. You will have to remove the connectors on the wires though.

That's how I did my rear signals, don't know if it will work for the fronts.

 

If I remember correctly from doing it many years ago. You pop off the lens, then pull the white plastic piece that holds the bulb contacts out and carefully fish the wires through the sides of the plastic. This can be difficult making sure that you don't break off the round contact ends. Once you have this completed get a small blade screw driver and very carefully pry the interior reflector with the rubber gasket away from the casing. Hopefully this will completely disassemble the turn signal lens for you.

 

Rears are easy you'll need to trace the wiring from them up under your seat and unplug them from the main harness, then pull the wiring out from under your fender unbolt your rear signals done deal.. Next you will need to remove the molex plugs from the ends of the wiring not hard to do search the forum and you will find several postings on how to do it.. Pull the cover off remove the bulb if you have a set of picks use one with a hook on the end slip it into one of the holes on the side of the bulb socket and pull you will pull the complete assembly out of the housing your done... Reassembly is the reverse of the procedure.. The fronts can be some what more of a pain but not that big of a deal it all depends on which way you want to go, removing the complete wiring can be a long process.. I usually just remove the guts leaving the wiring intact and still on the bars... Pm me if you would like a more detailed explanation..

 

As stated, the rears are easy, but the front is another story. I pulled the signal wires from under the tank, cut and spliced them, and used heat shrink over the splices. Tucked the wires back under the tank.