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Old Sep 11, 2011 | 07:13 PM
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I have had to remove my front inner fairing. Now I am reinstalling everything and am having trouble getting the ignition switch to align. The repair manual calls out part #HD-45962 alignment tool. This tool is not available from anyone that I have checked.

Does anyone else have experience or knowledge about my problem?
 
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Old Sep 11, 2011 | 07:27 PM
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I used a long flat blade screwdriver but you can also use 1/4 in copper tubing flattened like in this post. Check this out.

http://youtu.be/7-QBH1SFyzo
 
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Old Sep 11, 2011 | 07:28 PM
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Try this again.

<iframe width="420" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7-QBH1SFyzo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
 
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Old Sep 11, 2011 | 07:33 PM
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Hmm. maybe someone can teach me to embed a video from youtube. LOL
 
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Old Sep 11, 2011 | 07:51 PM
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That is very clever, looks like it works great. I will give it a try, but I am already misaligned, will this get things realigned?
 
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Old Sep 11, 2011 | 07:52 PM
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JIM's sells the ignition alignment tool. Marc Parnes sells one for $25 as well.
 
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