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Old Jun 13, 2019 | 08:31 PM
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04 sporty. After attempting to charge the battery and then replacing it to instrument cluster does not work. By does not work I mean it does nothing no back lighting no gauges move etc. Does anyone have any ideas?
 
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Old Jun 14, 2019 | 11:53 AM
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Check your fuses.
Make sure the battery posts are making good contact.
 
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Check the fuses , sounds like you might have arced the battery when you were disconnecting it . You have put it in the right way round haven't you ? LED,s won't work if you reverse the polarity .
 
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Originally Posted by johnny_bravo00
Check your fuses.
Make sure the battery posts are making good contact
Battery posts are good and fuses have been checked.
 
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Check the fuses , sounds like you might have arced the battery when you were disconnecting it . You have put it in the right way round haven't you ? LED,s won't work if you reverse the polarity .
The battery is hooked up corectly and I even check polarity in case something crazy was going on.
 
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I’ve also checked all fuses.
 
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Check your wire connections that actually involve the speedo/cluster. What year is the bike?
 
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I’ve checked all the connections. The bike is an ‘04.
 
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A little more info. I found out before I got to it, a battery charger was hooked up, and may have been left on while the bike was running. The neg battery terminal looks like it may have gotten hot. I myself did this to a softail once. On that one the tssp melted. Any chance this could be the same issue? This bike still runs fine.
 
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Yes. I never leave the battery tender or charger connected if I am turning the ignition on or even starting the engine ; not good for your battery in anyway. New battery I think for you perhaps, or check with a mate’s good battery first of same rating/power. Once these tiny batteries get messed with in the slightest they can give all sorts of grieve. Good luck
 
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