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Can anyone help on explaining how to remove wires from connector?

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Old Mar 27, 2010 | 03:10 PM
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Default Can anyone help on explaining how to remove wires from connector?
Trying to install fatboy light. I saw this page,
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/4277699-post1092.html

but still can't get the connector off
 
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Old Mar 27, 2010 | 03:17 PM
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If they are like the ones on my Sporty, the pins are pushed in from the rear of the plug and once they are seated they have a tab that springs out slightly to capture them in place. I was able to disassemble them by using a tiny screwdriver to push the tab back in while pulling gently on the wire.
 
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So I enter from the opposite3 side that the wires enter and push up?
 
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Yes. It's simple once you get the 1st one and understand how it unlocks.


Just make sure you are putting the tool under the end of the wire. Too far or not in far enough and you won't disengage the lock.

Good luck. After alot of cussing and a few bloody fingertips I figured it out.
 
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What do you mean put tool under wire? Don't you insert on the other end above the wire to try and hit the release
 
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Yes. You put the tool in from the other end and lift up. The lock that holds the wire is right around the middle. Don't try too hard. Keep trying. You'll figure it out.
 
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Do I need to push up with the tool very hard and will I hear a snap or anything when the release is raised?
 
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Alright! I got 3...One is stuck pretty good...could I have bent the wire or anything so it wont release?
 
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Ok, I got all 4 out!!! Time for some beer! One problem though is that the 4th release broke so the wire will not lock back in. Where can I get another one?
 
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