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From: Honah Lee
Well that was easy. I had to micro solder a new switch into mine. What a PITA and took 4 hands. All Harley had to do was make this a plug-n-play replaceable part as it is a weak link but noooooo, "lets pot this thing with epoxy so they never get it off".
Oh, the metal tab thing (#6 in the diagram) is to hold the wiring in a specific place in the switch housing. That too is a PITA to get back in properly after you have installed the new switch and it's different length and thickness wire leads.
F-ing Harley engineers!!! They must not actually ride nor work on these bikes...(same goes for those damn Italians and their tiny hands...) lol.
Oh, the metal tab thing (#6 in the diagram) is to hold the wiring in a specific place in the switch housing. That too is a PITA to get back in properly after you have installed the new switch and it's different length and thickness wire leads.
F-ing Harley engineers!!! They must not actually ride nor work on these bikes...(same goes for those damn Italians and their tiny hands...) lol.
Cavaot?? It's $199.95 part...or close to that. I think...
Someone posted it a few months ago. It's still wearing out.. They didn't fix it. I replaced 3 hydraulic rear ones (one was a warranty recall) I finally got one from AutoZone lifetime. It's lasted longer then 3 of Harley's.
I had a 52 Studebaker car that was 70 years old that had the original one.
Last edited by Jackie Paper; Jul 30, 2021 at 03:39 PM.
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From: Virginia
There is a little rubber plunger in there that turns on the brake light when the lever is depressed. It’s very fragile. The FSM tells you to stick a shim into the backside of the brake lever to hold it off the button if you ever service the handle. So you don’t break that bitch off.
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