Installing Grips on Road Glide

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Aug 11, 2010 | 12:03 AM

sanlyn

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Installing Grips on Road Glide

I'm missing something here. I was going to replace the grips on my 2010 Road Glide Custom, and I removed the two screws on the control, but couldn't pull it apart. Didn't have this problem with the Dyna ... is there something else holding it together? I can see the electronic throttle is different from the set up on the Dyna, but the instructions for the Grips (for the Touring bike) didn't give any other clues. What am I missing?

Aug 11, 2010 | 02:00 AM

Sancho

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You have to seperate the upper and lower half of the switch housing to slide the throttle side grip off. Then just slide the new one on.

Aug 11, 2010 | 05:28 AM

woosh

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Originally Posted by Sancho

You have to seperate the upper and lower half of the switch housing to slide the throttle side grip off. Then just slide the new one on.

On my Street Glide I had to also loosen the two bolts for the brake and clutch lever assemblies.

Aug 11, 2010 | 07:32 AM

sanlyn

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Originally Posted by Sancho

You have to seperate the upper and lower half of the switch housing to slide the throttle side grip off. Then just slide the new one on.

I removed the two Torx bolts, and the top half of the assembly would come up, but couldn't get the bottom portion of the assembly to budge.

Aug 11, 2010 | 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by woosh

On my Street Glide I had to also loosen the two bolts for the brake and clutch lever assemblies.

I believe there is a note in the service manual on this. Probably for the little locating tab on the top half. Do this and they should come off

Aug 11, 2010 | 07:54 AM

Deuce Bigelow

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if it's the stock rubber grip on the left side, you will need to cut it off after you remove the switch housing... it's glued on.
the right side will just slide off after you remove the switch housing..

Aug 11, 2010 | 08:02 AM

sanlyn

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I believe there is a note in the service manual on this. Probably for the little locating tab on the top half. Do this and they should come off

Just bought the bike ... have the manual for the Dyna I used to have, they didn't have the touring one in stock when I picked the bike up. I'm guessing there's something holding them together (I can see the wire when I lift the top half. What does the manual say about separating them?

The clutch side looks pretty standard ... cut the plastic grip, sand the old glue off, apply new ...

Are there torque settings for replacing the screws? With the plastic housing I don't want to strip.