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Old Apr 13, 2011 | 09:14 AM
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Okay not getting any responses in the electrical forum so I will try here. I pulled the front signals on my 97 softail and plan to run bullet lights on the rear. I normally never run signals so this is a step up. On my previous 06 heritage I ran rear only for a while but the rear alone worked fine. On this bike pulling the front causes the rear to just stay on and not flash. Is there something I need to bypass?
 
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Old Apr 13, 2011 | 05:39 PM
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Probably haven't received any answers because this is hard to understand... that said... I am guessing that your 97 has front and rear signals of some sort now and you are pulling them off and want to run with just the new bullet signals on the rear. Correct? If the rears are staying on and not signaling, you cut the turn signal relay out of the system... my guess is that the current flowed from the hot to the turn signal relay to the front turn signals to the rear turn signals. Just start tracing wires...
 
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Old Apr 13, 2011 | 05:49 PM
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Check the resistance of the signals you removed, and replace them with a resistor of the same ohms...the bike thinks the bulbs are burnt out.
 
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Thanks guys this helps. I will start checking wires.
 
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