Having trouble changing my fork lock on my 2000 heritage. The ignition switch went bad so I went to Freedom (thats my local H.D. dealer) and bought a switch kit. It came with new switch ,plastic plug, and fork lock. Change switch and plug, then started on fork lock.I drill out the hole where set screw goes and removed set screw. then tried to pull switch out. Well it came out about an 1/8th of an inch and would go no further. Im I missing something or does it come out that hard? Need help with this one. Hope someone knows what I missed. Thank You

 

I looked in the service manual and couldn't find any direction on removal. Looked at mine, and other than wondering if the forks need to be turned a certain direction for it to slide out, have no clue. Sure you're not trying to pull it out while in the locked position?

 

Found this in the 2007 service manual (don't think they changed this part much over the years):

REMOVAL
1. Remove fork stem. See 2.23 STEERING HEAD.
2. See Figure 2-152. Remove set screw (1).
3. Insert key (3) in lock (2) and turn partially.
4. Wiggle lock and pull until enough of the lock comes out
to get a grip with pliers or other suitable tool.
5. Rotate steering stem slightly, while pulling on lock until
lock is removed.

Looks like this is more involved than you would think ... have to remove the fork stem! Kind of makes sense, if it would as simple as taking out the set screw and pulling the lock, would make is pointless to lock the bike.

 

Thanks for the reply guys, was really having trouble getting infomation on this one.Thanks again Trey and Rakthi