Hand switches
Ill try the lube thing. My bikes been modfied and stuff and I dont wanna deal with them being *** holes about the warranty, I called and they said they dont stock the switch which means I either go without my bike for a few days or make 2 trips and its an hour away from home. Thats irritating.
Road Captain
Joined: Oct 2016
Posts: 638
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From: Kentucky
Yes they are easy to replace just take your time once you get it unscrewed. The clips that snap together are plastic and i could see where a man could break them if he acted like a bull in a china shop trying to get them apart so you can unclamp it from your bars. Then use a flat head persision screw driver to unhook your wiring connectors. Just some tips i suggest i done it a few times. First time prolly took 20 minutes. An what ever you do dont yank on the wires to get them apart. Once the are unsnapped from the connectors they slide right out. You will know when they release. Several vids on you tube too.Then when you put them back together the clamp will snap/click back into place when you align it right without much force. Same thing with wire connectors. If you gotta get rough with either your doing it wrong. Be easy. Also would be a fine time to replace grips if you dont wanna do it again. I suggest taking a razor knife and cutting the oem grip off cause of the glue. Then the right side is a breaze. Controls take apart same as left. An you just slide the new grip on the tbw sensor and clamp your control houseing around the other end of it. Vids of this on youtube too that are good. Im not good at explaining stuff like that but the vids on youtube are on point front what i seen.
oh an if you do decide to jack with your controls yourself whatever you do dont tighten your master cylinder covers while yout at it. Unless of course there leaking or some nonsense. I found this out the hard way. I was jacking around with my last two bikes and ended up just snugging the master cylinder covers while i was there working snd guess what they both started leaking. There only suppose to be tighted down to a few inch pounds cant remember exactly but tightening them down to snug just by feel will mash the gasket and cause it to leak. An from my experience the only way to fix this is to replace the whole cover snd gaskey assembly and tightrn to manual spec. If the fluid gets on anything it will be a bad day. Sorry for the long post just like to help peeps when i can. I know very little but what i do know i dont mind to share.
oh an if you do decide to jack with your controls yourself whatever you do dont tighten your master cylinder covers while yout at it. Unless of course there leaking or some nonsense. I found this out the hard way. I was jacking around with my last two bikes and ended up just snugging the master cylinder covers while i was there working snd guess what they both started leaking. There only suppose to be tighted down to a few inch pounds cant remember exactly but tightening them down to snug just by feel will mash the gasket and cause it to leak. An from my experience the only way to fix this is to replace the whole cover snd gaskey assembly and tightrn to manual spec. If the fluid gets on anything it will be a bad day. Sorry for the long post just like to help peeps when i can. I know very little but what i do know i dont mind to share.
Last edited by hollandhunter; Aug 3, 2018 at 04:15 PM.
Intermediate
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 46
Likes: 17
From: PA
Just had mine replaced by the dealer yesterday on a 2017 CVO Limited. Waited for it to be installed.
There have been two updates to this switch pac. The first update had an A after the part number
and the second update had a B after the part number.
There was one problem my dealer had during the install. Several months ago they reprogrammed
my cruise control and CB buttons with their Digital Tech so that the CB button is now on the left and
the cruise control button is on the right. The first problem was that I ended up with two cruise control
buttons when they replaced the switch pack. That was an easy fix, all they had to do was swap the
switch caps. The bigger problem was that the CB transmit and squelch did not work. They had to reprogram
the bike again with the Digital Tech to get it work again. So if have had them swap the two finctions
in the past, you will need to take it to the dealer to have the switch pack installed because it will need
reprogramming.
There have been two updates to this switch pac. The first update had an A after the part number
and the second update had a B after the part number.
There was one problem my dealer had during the install. Several months ago they reprogrammed
my cruise control and CB buttons with their Digital Tech so that the CB button is now on the left and
the cruise control button is on the right. The first problem was that I ended up with two cruise control
buttons when they replaced the switch pack. That was an easy fix, all they had to do was swap the
switch caps. The bigger problem was that the CB transmit and squelch did not work. They had to reprogram
the bike again with the Digital Tech to get it work again. So if have had them swap the two finctions
in the past, you will need to take it to the dealer to have the switch pack installed because it will need
reprogramming.
Grand HDF Member
Joined: Sep 2016
Posts: 3,522
Likes: 3,704
From: South Texas
With mine, I couldn’t start in gear with clutch pulled in. That wouldn’t bother me except that it indicated bad clutch sensor, which can result in unexpected behavior during low speed turns (like in a parking lot). So dealer ordered replacement and I brought it in following week for the install, which was done within 20 minutes.
Thanks to to others in this forum for alerting me to this issue!
Thanks to to others in this forum for alerting me to this issue!
Grand HDF Member
Joined: Sep 2016
Posts: 3,522
Likes: 3,704
From: South Texas
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It keeps the bike from starting in gear without the clutch pulled in. Good idea, although as weak as Harley starters are I can’t imagine it starting in gear and taking off. Seriously I can’t imagine that it would be that hard to design a switch that wouldn’t fail, but they’re probably made in Mexico or Asia. I don’t think there’s much electrical switch equipment made in the US anymore.