I need any and all ideas...
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I need any and all ideas...
I just put 14 inch apes on my 06 Street Bob, no real problems or issues. Just after, I felt like the bike might be running a bit lean and noticed the header pipes getting pretty red. Thought I may have loosened a connector durring the ape install and double checked everything this morning and found it all to be ok. Checked the map on my PC3 and found no problems. Left the bike for a while and went back out to change fluids tonight. Turned key and ignition came on, fuel pump started as usual, hit the starter and everything died. I mean dead as if the main fuse had blown. Checked all fuses, none blown. Battery is fine and it seemed to be getting power to the bike as the speedo kept making a noise as if the needle were trying to spin. Left bike for about an hour, came back and everything was like nothing ever happened. Changed fluids, went to start it up and same as before. Ignition, indicator lights etc. all on as usual, hit starter and everything died. Anybody have any ideas at all, I'll try anything before calling the stealer. TIA -Jones [align=right][/align]
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RE: I need any and all ideas...
I assume you had to extend and resolder or butt-connect all the wires when you changed the bars........could it be possible that there is an exposed wire in there? Did you shrink wrap around all fresh splices?
I could be wrong, but it sounds like an intermitent short in the electrical system. If nothing was wrong before the bar switch, it has to be something that was touched when you did the mod.
I could be wrong, but it sounds like an intermitent short in the electrical system. If nothing was wrong before the bar switch, it has to be something that was touched when you did the mod.
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Make sure you didnt strip any of the Insulation off, while runnung the wires through the bars, The drilled holes have a sharp edge inside both holes. Asuming you ran the wiresInternally.. After checking allthe pins first...
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After about twelve hours with a meter, I traced the short to the packard connector that goes to the speedo. It looked like a couple of pins were never seated right in the sockets and were held in place only by the gasket at the back of the connector giving them just enough play to vibrate and touch intermittenly. I re checked all of the connections from the hand control extensions and then everything else and found nothing. I don't know what made me pull the speedo harness off but, glad I did. Why wouldn't a short like this pop a fuse though? Thanks for all the input guys. This forum is amazing.
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