High Beam Indicator Light Not Working
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High Beam Indicator Light Not Working
I also posted this in the do-it-yourself electrical section of these forums. If it is frowned upon to post the same thing in two sections, I apologize and would someone in a position of authority delete one of the entries.
I searched these forums unsuccessfully for a similar problem and could not find it so I am hoping you can help me. I have an '06 Heritage Softail (FLSTi). In the middle of a long 750 mile trip a couple days ago the bright light indicator on the dash went out. I am spending the weekend in Dayton, OH for a wedding and have a 370 mile trip home tomorrow. I have checked all the lights and they all still work. The headlight works on both low and high beam. The front and rear driving lights work. The front and rear turn signals work. The brake lights work. The only thing that appears to be broken is the blue high beam indicator light on the dash. All the other lights on the dash (neutral, turn signal indicators, and oil light) all work.
It would appear to only be a burnt out high beam indicator light. Does my diagnosis sound correct? Is this non-functioning high beam indicator light an indication that something else is wrong?
Can this high bearm indicator light be fixed easily? Is it a replaceable bulb or is it an LED soldered into a circuit board?
Any other thoughts or ideas related to this would be very much appreciated. Thanks.
G'day,
Vinish
I searched these forums unsuccessfully for a similar problem and could not find it so I am hoping you can help me. I have an '06 Heritage Softail (FLSTi). In the middle of a long 750 mile trip a couple days ago the bright light indicator on the dash went out. I am spending the weekend in Dayton, OH for a wedding and have a 370 mile trip home tomorrow. I have checked all the lights and they all still work. The headlight works on both low and high beam. The front and rear driving lights work. The front and rear turn signals work. The brake lights work. The only thing that appears to be broken is the blue high beam indicator light on the dash. All the other lights on the dash (neutral, turn signal indicators, and oil light) all work.
It would appear to only be a burnt out high beam indicator light. Does my diagnosis sound correct? Is this non-functioning high beam indicator light an indication that something else is wrong?
Can this high bearm indicator light be fixed easily? Is it a replaceable bulb or is it an LED soldered into a circuit board?
Any other thoughts or ideas related to this would be very much appreciated. Thanks.
G'day,
Vinish
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Mine has flickered from time to time. I believe they are LEDs soldered to a board. There was a question about this couple weeks ago. If i remember correctly, they are fixable if you're handy with a soldering iron.
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I have a road king but most heritage softails would be similar i believe.
If it is the bulb behind the BLUE lens.
There should be one bolt/nut a few inches below the speedo. That would hold the chrome assembly. Raise and Flip over gently, locate bulb, remove and replace with same. Bulb available at larger auto parts stores like Napa and Pep boys.
I had to do it once on a road king but it turned out that it was just loose.
It really is not that difficult if similar to a road king but the biggest danger is scratching the tank.
May wish to consider placement of blue painters tape on tank if you have people walking about work area.
If it is the bulb behind the BLUE lens.
There should be one bolt/nut a few inches below the speedo. That would hold the chrome assembly. Raise and Flip over gently, locate bulb, remove and replace with same. Bulb available at larger auto parts stores like Napa and Pep boys.
I had to do it once on a road king but it turned out that it was just loose.
It really is not that difficult if similar to a road king but the biggest danger is scratching the tank.
May wish to consider placement of blue painters tape on tank if you have people walking about work area.
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I have a road king but most heritage softails would be similar i believe.
If it is the bulb behind the BLUE lens.
There should be one bolt/nut a few inches below the speedo. That would hold the chrome assembly. Raise and Flip over gently, locate bulb, remove and replace with same. Bulb available at larger auto parts stores like Napa and Pep boys.
I had to do it once on a road king but it turned out that it was just loose.
It really is not that difficult if similar to a road king but the biggest danger is scratching the tank.
May wish to consider placement of blue painters tape on tank if you have people walking about work area.
If it is the bulb behind the BLUE lens.
There should be one bolt/nut a few inches below the speedo. That would hold the chrome assembly. Raise and Flip over gently, locate bulb, remove and replace with same. Bulb available at larger auto parts stores like Napa and Pep boys.
I had to do it once on a road king but it turned out that it was just loose.
It really is not that difficult if similar to a road king but the biggest danger is scratching the tank.
May wish to consider placement of blue painters tape on tank if you have people walking about work area.
You have to replace the entire board if one light fails or find someone who can de-solder and solder in on a circuit board.
Takes a fair bit of patience.................................
The 2001 service manual says this...........
Softails are equipped with Light Emitting Diode (LED) indicators.
The indicator lamp assembly is not serviceable. If one
LED is bad, the entire assembly must be replaced.
And from the 2001 Road King manual for the person I quoted........
All FLHR/C models are now equipped with Light Emitting
Diodes (LEDs) in lieu of indicator lamps. The indicator light
assembly is not serviceable. If one LED is bad, the indicator
light assembly must be replaced.
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Awesome, folks. Thanks. I am quite handy and just wanted to know what I was getting into on this. I would certainly consider soldering in an LED. I have soldered circuit boards before. Does anyone have a suggestion of where to get a single blue LED of the right size, shape, wattage, etc? to replace the bad one? Or better yet, thet specific part number for an LED from some company?
G'day,
Vinish
G'day,
Vinish
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They changed to LED's more than 10 years ago so you must have been working on an older model.
You have to replace the entire board if one light fails or find someone who can de-solder and solder in on a circuit board.
Takes a fair bit of patience.................................
The 2001 service manual says this...........
Softails are equipped with Light Emitting Diode (LED) indicators.
The indicator lamp assembly is not serviceable. If one
LED is bad, the entire assembly must be replaced.
And from the 2001 Road King manual for the person I quoted........
All FLHR/C models are now equipped with Light Emitting
Diodes (LEDs) in lieu of indicator lamps. The indicator light
assembly is not serviceable. If one LED is bad, the indicator
light assembly must be replaced.
You have to replace the entire board if one light fails or find someone who can de-solder and solder in on a circuit board.
Takes a fair bit of patience.................................
The 2001 service manual says this...........
Softails are equipped with Light Emitting Diode (LED) indicators.
The indicator lamp assembly is not serviceable. If one
LED is bad, the entire assembly must be replaced.
And from the 2001 Road King manual for the person I quoted........
All FLHR/C models are now equipped with Light Emitting
Diodes (LEDs) in lieu of indicator lamps. The indicator light
assembly is not serviceable. If one LED is bad, the indicator
light assembly must be replaced.
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Awesome, folks. Thanks. I am quite handy and just wanted to know what I was getting into on this. I would certainly consider soldering in an LED. I have soldered circuit boards before. Does anyone have a suggestion of where to get a single blue LED of the right size, shape, wattage, etc? to replace the bad one? Or better yet, thet specific part number for an LED from some company?
G'day,
Vinish
G'day,
Vinish
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I have interesting developments to report on this. I had a friend who had replaced the "dash" on his '08 Softail with some sort of new cateye dash which had a curved LED panel. As a result, he had his old LED indicator light assembly sitting around gathering dust. He gave that to me. I installed it and sure enough, the blue high beam indicator worked fine. I even swapped back and forth a couple of times between my old and this new LED assembly to verify and I am confident that the blue high beam indicator LED on my old assembly was not working. The new LED assembly works great. Now here is where it is interesting.
The NEW assembly from a 20008 softail has flat LED lights that don't even look like light bulbs. The LED's are tiny and flat against the circuit board. My old broken LED indicator light assembly from an '06 Softail has large LED bulbs. Each bulb is about 3/16" diameter, 3/8" tall, made of glass, and stick up from the circuit board. Each bulb is soldered to the circuit board.
If I could find a replacement blue LED bulb, it would be fairly easy to remove the old bulb and solder in a new one. The trick will be finding a new bulb. I will try Radio Shack as someone suggested but I have my doubts that my hunt will be successful as this appears to be a very specialized item. We will see.
G'day,
Vinish
The NEW assembly from a 20008 softail has flat LED lights that don't even look like light bulbs. The LED's are tiny and flat against the circuit board. My old broken LED indicator light assembly from an '06 Softail has large LED bulbs. Each bulb is about 3/16" diameter, 3/8" tall, made of glass, and stick up from the circuit board. Each bulb is soldered to the circuit board.
If I could find a replacement blue LED bulb, it would be fairly easy to remove the old bulb and solder in a new one. The trick will be finding a new bulb. I will try Radio Shack as someone suggested but I have my doubts that my hunt will be successful as this appears to be a very specialized item. We will see.
G'day,
Vinish
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