Switch replacement question
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From: Haslet Texas
Switch replacement question
I recently put in new start/stop switches in my bike.
When I talked to the local indy and the dealer ship they both told me to take off the right tank, remove the wire sockets from the block on the frame, pull the old wires out of the harness and pull in the new ones.
I was looking for the O.E.M. number for the crimping tool for the socket connectors and found out the manual says cut the wires 3/4" from the switch and simply solder and heat shrink the wires.
My question is why the difference and does it really matter which way you do it?
When I talked to the local indy and the dealer ship they both told me to take off the right tank, remove the wire sockets from the block on the frame, pull the old wires out of the harness and pull in the new ones.
I was looking for the O.E.M. number for the crimping tool for the socket connectors and found out the manual says cut the wires 3/4" from the switch and simply solder and heat shrink the wires.
My question is why the difference and does it really matter which way you do it?
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From: Trabuco Canyon, California
I am getting ready to replace my hand brake switch and the instructions from Harley say the same thing, to cut, solder and heat-shrink...and I have done this when I have replaced it in the past without any problem...
My switch also came with lots of excess wire attached to it...when you really only need an inch of wire at most... so you could run it all the way through and add connectors if you really needed to but I wouldn't go through all that.
Did they include connectors to fit in the socket with your switch?
I'll be soldering my new one in too.
My switch also came with lots of excess wire attached to it...when you really only need an inch of wire at most... so you could run it all the way through and add connectors if you really needed to but I wouldn't go through all that.
Did they include connectors to fit in the socket with your switch?
I'll be soldering my new one in too.
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