Electraglide steering lock while riding
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Electraglide steering lock while riding
A friend of mine bought a 06 Glide and 2 weeks later during a ride on his (new to him) Bike, the steering locked up going straight as he went into a curve. This guy has ridden for decades so I have to believe that the bike failed. He said AFTER the crash (Had Shoulder rebuild and His GF is in a neck brace with broken vertebrae) he heard of a guy that had his bike do the same thing and he ended up with a Broken Leg. Anyone heard of this ever happening on an 06?
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Never heard of it, but my money is on the previous owner taking the switch off, screwing it up, and putting it back together wrong.
I have read a lot of posts through the years stating the WRONG way to take the switch off and/ or to "fix" it once it's been screwed up.
I hope your post gets some people's attention. If someone messes the thing up, please for gods sake have a dealer or mechanic check the thing and make sure it's right!
I have read a lot of posts through the years stating the WRONG way to take the switch off and/ or to "fix" it once it's been screwed up.
I hope your post gets some people's attention. If someone messes the thing up, please for gods sake have a dealer or mechanic check the thing and make sure it's right!
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Really? Ya may think the steering doesn't turn, but it does!
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one of the popular recurring threads here is:
"ignition switch doesn't work"
always after sometried to remove it without following the service manual or a youtube video- and uses a screwdriver instead of making a squarshed copper tubing tool.
in which case they turn some, but not all of the cams that make up the switch/locking mechanism.
ouch
mike
"ignition switch doesn't work"
always after sometried to remove it without following the service manual or a youtube video- and uses a screwdriver instead of making a squarshed copper tubing tool.
in which case they turn some, but not all of the cams that make up the switch/locking mechanism.
ouch
mike
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It may have " locked up " going straight, but it wasn't the fork lock that did it. ( Something else did it.)
The pin can't drop through the plate unless the forks are full left no matter how the lock mechanism is set.
The pin can't drop through the plate unless the forks are full left no matter how the lock mechanism is set.
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I've never heard of this happening before. The only thing I can think of is that the steering head bearings froze, but I would think there would have been warning signs before they finally froze (and maybe there were but he didn't recognize them because the bike was new to him). Regardless, it's a scary story and I hope he heals quickly.
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2.) remember the rider who posted here that after a bar change, his new clutch cable wasn't secured properly and had a big loop hanging which hung up on his turn signal causing a crash...
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