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Old Jan 24, 2013 | 09:10 PM
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I'm trying to installl chrome switch housings on my 2012 Heritage. The left side went on perfect, but I can't get the throttle cables removed from the stock housing???





 
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They come out. You need to wiggle them while pulling them away from the housing. They pop back in easier than they pop out.
 
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Those should snap out. Mine were not so tight, but the manual says they snap in and out. Firm but gentle pressure should do it.
 
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Yep, takes a tough pull to get them out.
 
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They are a pain in the a$$, but there are snap rings around the tubes on the inside. they are not normal snap rings with the little eyelets, they are more like a broken ring of wire. you need two small straight screw drivers to kind of spread them and coax them off. Good luck.
 
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If you look closely at your second pic. you can see the snap ring on the lower tube,
 
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I thought they was a snap ring there, but I'm using the smallest screw driver I have but still no dice??

So they'll come out or pop out with a firm tug???
 
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Just pull on them with a hard jerk and they will come out.
 
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Ahhhhh, ok...give me a few minutes...let me go back and give it try. Stand by...
 
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Don't waste time trying to remove the spring rings. Just pull them out. They can be tough making think you are going to break something removing at times.
 
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