97 Heritage died on way to work this morning
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Road Captain
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I pulled the starter and kill buttons switches apart last night, the wiring and switches looked like new. Im going to clean the ignition switch connectors tonight and see if that does anything. I did have a shop put a starter on about 5 years ago and some 14 inch apes about 6 years ago. Im guessing I will find my problem has something to do with those jobs. At least the bike is still dead so I should know what the problem is when I eventually find it.
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I pulled the starter and kill buttons switches apart last night, the wiring and switches looked like new. Im going to clean the ignition switch connectors tonight and see if that does anything. I did have a shop put a starter on about 5 years ago and some 14 inch apes about 6 years ago. Im guessing I will find my problem has something to do with those jobs. At least the bike is still dead so I should know what the problem is when I eventually find it.
Road Warrior
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From: Canton, GA
On my 95 Heritage I had issues with the ignition switch where the bike just quit while I was going down the road. Wiggled the switch a bit and I was up and running again. Took it out and found it was pretty dirty and gummed up causing issues with the contacts.
Cleaned it up and put some dielectric grease on it. Has worked great for many years since.
Cleaned it up and put some dielectric grease on it. Has worked great for many years since.
Had the same problem a few months ago and also 'serviced' the ignition switch ... haven't had a problem since.
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The ignition and the starter quitting, and the headlight still bright...is most likely to be in the kill switch wiring as you have surmised...did they spice the wires when they added the apes?
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Road Captain
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The apes was prewired when bought. I have never looked where the shop spliced them in. That will be the next place I check out.
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Road Captain
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Ok, here is my latest find on this issue. I found four broken wires in the steering neck area that had got pinched off. I wired them back together but starter still wont roll over. All the lights are working. If I run a wire direct from battery to the starter switch wire and push the starter switch it rolls over. Is there a fuse somewhere that could be blown from when the wires got pinched off ? My bike has four of the metal fuses in the fuse box but as far as I can see there is no way of checking them to see if one is bad or which one could be for the starter switch wiring?
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