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Installing Harley heated grips on my wife's 2016 Softail Slim S. Based on your experiences, any tips/tricks to make the install go smooth?
Thanks in advance for sharing.
use a heavy thread or ball chain as a guide. Attach it to the wires already through. That way when you pull it all back through, its less work from the start.
use a heavy thread or ball chain as a guide. Attach it to the wires already through. That way when you pull it all back through, its less work from the start.
When I was pulling wires through my bars I broke both a pull string and a ball chain. An electrician friend of mine suggested getting a pice or 12 ga stranded wire, stripping back about 6 or so inches of it, splitting the strands in half, making a looping wrapping each side around. Then you loop that around the wire you are trying to pull. It's kind of hard to picture but I will take a photo later and post it. This worked great for me and it's how I will always do it from now on. That and some wire pulling lube
Reading through the Harley directions, just read I need to order an additional Electrical Connection Upgrade kit Part Number 72673-11, picking that up Monday.
The instructions also say to locate heated grip interconnect [206], any idea where I would find that on the bike?
If I'm not mistaken , the interconnect is the black connector on the TGS . When you pull the TGS out of the bar , you will see the connector that the new heated grip connector will attach too .
Reading through the Harley directions, just read I need to order an additional Electrical Connection Upgrade kit Part Number 72673-11, picking that up Monday.
The instructions also say to locate heated grip interconnect [206], any idea where I would find that on the bike?
Still looking for this interconnect any luck finding it?
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