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Old Aug 12, 2010 | 04:58 PM
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Default Front brake switch shorting out.

I'm having an issue with my 92 FLHS. Whenever I use the front brake, it shorts out and trips a breaker. This causes the rear brake to not be able to light up the brake light. Actually the brake light kind of looks like it's bright all the time. The orange wire isn't testing continuity to ground but the red wire is. At first I thought that was the wire causing the issue but it appears as though that wire is tied to the black wire going to the anti dive. If I disconnect that wire from the anti-valve, it doesn't trip the breaker, it just doesn't do anything at all. Anyone run into this problem before?
 
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Old Aug 13, 2010 | 08:29 AM
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I had the same problem not more than 2 months ago,found the switch was grounding(shorting out) when throttle grip was reinstalled.Allso had to replace the rear taillight socket and made sure it was grounded good.Works like it is suppose to now,hope this helps
 
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