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Old Jun 12, 2008 | 05:39 PM
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The gas gage on my 02 Glide joilts around making it hard to determine what it is reading. Any ideas?
 
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Old Jun 13, 2008 | 05:45 AM
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Sounds like a bad ground. Remove the fairing outer and test to see if you are getting proper current. The wire harness in the guage has w wires hot-ground plus the light bulb. Trace the wires in the fairing to make sure nothing is pinched.
 
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Old Jun 13, 2008 | 05:48 PM
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My 02 does the same thing. When it's full it doesn't bounce. After about 25 miles it's all over. I am going to check my ground when I replace my bars in a week or so. It could also be the sending unit or gauge itself. I have seen on other posts/boards that a lot of time it is the gauge.
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Old Jun 13, 2008 | 06:02 PM
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My 02 does the same thing...When I asked here the replies are "Forget the gas gage, depend on the trip meter"....
So, when I ride, around 160 miles is when I fill up.....
 
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Old Jun 13, 2008 | 07:25 PM
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It seems all the gauge does anyway, is tell you that ya got gas. Maybe not what the thing indicates though. I fill around 160 miles +/-.
 
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Old Jun 13, 2008 | 08:32 PM
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F-in forum, won't let me post. Maybe the gauge itself is bad.&nbsp\\; Better than some of the answers you have been getting.
 
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Old Jun 14, 2008 | 08:46 AM
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Looking at the fuel gage is a bad idea ,you better off every 150 mile&nbsp\\; fill it up&nbsp\\;&nbsp\\; cant go wrong this way
 
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Old Jun 14, 2008 | 09:02 AM
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Still haven't answered his original question...
 
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