Hey,

I want to send my radio off for repair, I pulled the screws out of the facia of the batwing and the front face came off the radio. It looks like it has a board that connects it with the body of the radio. All the tape deck and body is deep in there and I was wondering how to get to it, do I have to remove a section of the fairing? I thought if I unscrewed those scres and undid some clips (like a car stereo) it would come out but I was wrong.

Help?

Jesse

 

It's probably going to have to come out from inside the faring, if it's original. There were 2 holes in a metal plate behind the face, like the old style **** radios would mount in.

 

Try taking the headlight out, I know there are some plugs and a bolt or two in the back of the radio, plus the antenna. Hope this helps.

 

Yep, thats exactly what it looks like, **** style.

Jesse

 

Yeah, I cut that plate out on mine to fit a conventional (modern) DIN unit in.

 

Hi there,
I have an 86 Electra Glide Classic that I have pulled the radio out of a couple of times. Remove the headlight and then the bat wing fairing, then a brace above the radio then the radio. Tip there are 4 x 7/16" nyloc nuts inside the bat wing to loosen before you can remove the fairing - a ratcheting ring/open end spanner here saves a lot of grief. Sorry if the tool description is different to what you are used to but I hope you get the idea. The first time I took off the fairing I used an open end spanner - one nut flat at a time - not fun
Cheers
Bill

 

Can you post a pic of the radio? Curious if it is the same as my 87 radio... If it is, I am curious who you have that will be repairing it.