Its Broke Again!!
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From: Woodburn, OR. USA
I have taken the switch housing apart no signs of anything in there, I have pulled the fuse from the lighting circut no change there. every time I try to use the test light to start checking for the problem the problem stops and all is normal again. I need it to mess up with the switches loose so I can check and see if there is power on both sides of the switch, but it will start working before I can do that. When riding the bike I am pulling the relay out after I start it so the starter does not engage at highway speeds. I do not want to spend money on the switches if i don,t have to.
Thanks Chris
Thanks Chris
Based on what you said, by taking the housing apart then thing works normally... I strongly suspect the problem resides on that end of things (up near the housing) either some conductors are managing to connect or there is something internally wrong/loose with the starter button that you can't see unless you take that apart... I suspect there are some small parts in it, like springs and plastic protrusions that can get lost of broken, so be careful!
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From: Lexington SC
I tried to get the switch apart but it is a sealed unit, Can the switches be purchased seperate fromt the housings and if so it looks like i am going to have to pull the bars apart to get into the wires to do the repair, I am not looking forward to that. I have never installed bars before, the bars i have are hd drag bars with internal wires will there be splices inside the bars or should they be one wire from the controls to the conector under the tank.
Thanks Chris
Thanks Chris
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I tried to get the switch apart but it is a sealed unit, Can the switches be purchased seperate fromt the housings and if so it looks like i am going to have to pull the bars apart to get into the wires to do the repair, I am not looking forward to that. I have never installed bars before, the bars i have are hd drag bars with internal wires will there be splices inside the bars or should they be one wire from the controls to the conector under the tank.
Thanks Chris
Thanks Chris
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I have taken the switch housing apart no signs of anything in there, I have pulled the fuse from the lighting circut no change there. every time I try to use the test light to start checking for the problem the problem stops and all is normal again. I need it to mess up with the switches loose so I can check and see if there is power on both sides of the switch, but it will start working before I can do that. When riding the bike I am pulling the relay out after I start it so the starter does not engage at highway speeds. I do not want to spend money on the switches if i don,t have to.
Thanks Chris
Thanks Chris
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From: Lexington SC
Well after checking everything that i could check I took a ride to the dealer, talked to the parts guy he said O we have plenty of those switches in stock, then the service manger walked up and said we replace several of those switchs for that problem, so I bit the bullet and purchased the 67.00 dollar switch and will install it tonight. will update on if the problem is fixed.
Thanks for all the info and sugestions
Thanks for all the info and sugestions
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When I installed my chrome controls and housings, the chrome starter button was rubbing the chrome housing which held it slightly in the start position. Thus causiing the starter to stay engaged,although it did this only once. So i had to slightly bend or tweak the starter button to align properly within my switch housing. The problem you are having is most definitely in the switch area unless someone has really forced wiring through the bars and scuffed the coating off of 2 12volt wires and its picking up another 12v source within the bars. You will eliminate both by doing a new switch install so I am sure we will be hearing back that it is resolved. Be sure and post results.
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From: Lexington SC
Tonight i installed the new switches after fitting with pulling the wires threw the bars and getting to the connectors in the frame. and the bike is fixed.
70$ and and couple hours of work, this was one of the less expensive repairs that i have had to do.
70$ and and couple hours of work, this was one of the less expensive repairs that i have had to do.
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From: Lexington SC
Well I created a new problem when doing the switches, I cracked the plastic nipple that holds the fuel line on the throttle body so i had to go get new fuel line and a couple hose clamps, so no more quick disconect at the throttle body anymore. I am debating on ordering the correct part or just leaving it this way, it does not leak.
Thanks for all the help Chris
Thanks for all the help Chris