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Hello everyone I am currently changing the handlebars on my 1996 Fatboy while removing the brake controls when I opened up the housing this little piece in the picture fell off not sure where it goes?
there is a cruise control on this bike which I have never used so don't know where that goes
BUT
I got a bigger problem. The clutch side clamps down with the wires external however the brake side does not clamp down. So now I am pretty screwed.
The holes on these handle bars are tiny I annotations get the wiring to fit through it.
Unless there is some ideas .. I have to go back to my old bars meaning I cut the harness and disassemble for no reason
You don't have cruise control, you have a throttle lock. The star wheel on the underside of the right switch housing is the throttle lock. As you screw it in, it puts pressure on the throttle keeping it from returning to idle position. The part in the picture is the actual piece that contacts the throttle grip.
As far as the other problem, post pictures as requested.
It's the friction piece. It goes inside throttle grip housing at bottom of throttle grip. The little wheel on the outside bottom of housing controls it.
i had to go external.. the previous owner cut and joined the wires from the bottom of the handlebars.
So I would have added to run all new wires.
So I cut and soldered back on from under the handlebar. I am not skilled enough to do when whole wire harness removal and rewire job in one afternoon and I wanted to keep my bike on the road for work today.
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Piece fell off While removing brake controls
