Handlebar swap help
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Handlebar swap help
Ok so finally getting to swapping out the apes for drag bars. Got everything disassembled on the bars easy peasy thanx to robbyville for the write up. Got to pulling the wires from the neck to disconnect the plugs and i cant find any plugs.. WTF"? Over.
How deep in the neck are the damn plugs and how hard can i pull on the wires.
2004 wide glide with 14in wild 1 chubbies on at this time.
How deep in the neck are the damn plugs and how hard can i pull on the wires.
2004 wide glide with 14in wild 1 chubbies on at this time.
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Don't pull too hard, or your in for a world of hurt. You want to gently pull the wires clearing it's path with the other finger. The Left side is not too bad. The right side is going to take a little more patients. Clear the path till you feel the plugs with a finger then gently pull.
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My street bob was easy cause it didn't have much wiring, yet my lowrider s is a mother****er. I literally had to stick my fingers in the neck and push/move each wire until I could get it to move just a little bit, then it'd stop and I'd have to start pullin a different wire. I'm not gonna lie, I pulled the wires a lot harder than I should have. They jammed so many ****in wires/connectors in that thing it's insane. Hate to tell you but if yours is anything like mine, gettin all the connectors back in there isn't gonna be pleasant either. Best of luck
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My street bob was easy cause it didn't have much wiring, yet my lowrider s is a mother****er. I literally had to stick my fingers in the neck and push/move each wire until I could get it to move just a little bit, then it'd stop and I'd have to start pullin a different wire. I'm not gonna lie, I pulled the wires a lot harder than I should have. They jammed so many ****in wires/connectors in that thing it's insane. Hate to tell you but if yours is anything like mine, gettin all the connectors back in there isn't gonna be pleasant either. Best of luck
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A bar swap on what? If you don't have fly by wire, cruise and all that bs it should be a breeze. Even if you do have all the tech bullshit, it isn't hard, just takes a little longer on the wiring. Don't let this deter you, it's worth it. If I can do it anyone can
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i just swapped my bars, you gotta tug on them a little. It helped to reach in fron the back fender and straight out the extra wire thats back there. i would say to put a pull string on the back before pulling out from the front, it was a huge pain getting the wire back in the neck.
and i had to pull a good like 10 inches of wiring out to get to both of the turn signal clips
and i had to pull a good like 10 inches of wiring out to get to both of the turn signal clips
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i just swapped my bars, you gotta tug on them a little. It helped to reach in fron the back fender and straight out the extra wire thats back there. i would say to put a pull string on the back before pulling out from the front, it was a huge pain getting the wire back in the neck.
and i had to pull a good like 10 inches of wiring out to get to both of the turn signal clips
and i had to pull a good like 10 inches of wiring out to get to both of the turn signal clips
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Yup the current bars are wild 1 chubbies 12 inch apes. The wires are in the bars. So either i find the plugs or i cut the wires. Got quite a bit of wire out still havent found plugs.