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So if you pull the access panel (#25) do you gain access to the wire harness from below? I just finished fighting all of the harnesses back into the neck but it was such a tight fit I couldn't get the grommet back into the frame on the left side. Maybe I can straighten it out a little from the bottom side?
Not sure what the front tank lift accomplishes. Maybe a a different bike than mine. I didn't have a left side grommet, but I did buy used. Maybe the PO tossed it?
99 Wide Glide.
IIRC, the front connectors are staggered so they don't all have to go in at once and lay closer together once in the backbone.
Either way, yeah, at the rear end of the backbone you'll find a huge doubled over wire loom. Called tge service loop. It should be stuffed into the backbone. Getting it back in is a huge pain, largely because of the thick, stiff sleeve over it. Anyway, you can pull the slack back and carefully organize the loom and refold and stuff it back in the tube. I just left it flop around in there until I built my own loom that's half the size and all silicone so it's easy to work with.
I did this work without a fender or rear wheel in the way. It can probably be done thru the hole in the fender but you'll want to remove the wheel. It's easier without the fender.
Last edited by cggorman; Mar 10, 2018 at 09:20 PM.
Most of it gets stuffed into the backbone. A few inches remains visible but not THAT much. All the connectors should be hidden.
You should be able to see where they exit the backbone under the seat. Pull there while pushing at the neck end.
Originally Posted by cggorman
That's pretty cool. The 99-05 frames don't have that access panel. On ours, the backbone is solid tube from the neck casting back. The gusset is just a U channel welded to it.
According to cggorman and the diagram below, the 2005 and earlier frames don't have that bottom access panel (#25). So if you have a 2005 and earlier frame, I would do what cggorman recommended in the above top quote.
Originally Posted by Protocol
So if you pull the access panel (#25) do you gain access to the wire harness from below? I just finished fighting all of the harnesses back into the neck but it was such a tight fit I couldn't get the grommet back into the frame on the left side. Maybe I can straighten it out a little from the bottom side?
Yes, for the 2006 and later frames, but go back and read post #5.
I've been working under the assumption, based on the shape of the lower tree and top of the neck casting in the OP. that this was a pre-06 frame.
Original poster didn't say what year and I didn't know that the 2005 and earlier frames do not have the access panel until I saw your post and confirmed it with the diagram. Your assumption was correct, mine weren't.
I'm sorry, but I thought the response I gave was to Protocol,, and that he has a 06> bike.
His question was about that era and that specific panel #25.
If your bike does not have panel #25 as previously shown,, I can not help you.
So if you pull the access panel (#25) do you gain access to the wire harness from below? I just finished fighting all of the harnesses back into the neck but it was such a tight fit I couldn't get the grommet back into the frame on the left side. Maybe I can straighten it out a little from the bottom side?
Actually, only sort of.
That Access Panel is just a cover between the fillets welded on below the back bone. The bottom of the back bone has a space you can kinda stick your fingers in to and feel the wiring harness, but the void area that panel covers doesn't host any part of the harness or wiring.
That Access Panel is just a cover between the fillets welded on below the back bone. The bottom of the back bone has a space you can kinda stick your fingers in to and feel the wiring harness, but the void area that panel covers doesn't host any part of the harness or wiring.
good place to keep your stash tho
Good info, thank you. I think I am going to just pull the wires back out and try again. They are currently all jammed inside the neck but I don't like that it's so tight I can't get the grommet back on the frame.
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