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#123597 Tater (User) Fresh Boarder Posts: 8 1700 Roadstar oem light bar 3 Years, 8 Months ago   My midnight silverado light bar has a switch on the left light. I assume this is for cutting on and off of the running lights. Is there an inherent problem with this switch? I have had my running lights not come on untile I road the bike for 15 minutes. Short?   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #123598 Gram (Admin) Been there, wrecked that. Admin Posts: 4326 Re:1700 Roadstar oem light bar 3 Years, 8 Months ago   Those are always assembled by the dealer. If it was a short it would probably take a fuse out. Sounds like it might be a bad or loose connection.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #123599 slyguy (User) What happens in the garage stays in the garage. Platinum Boarder Posts: 1869 Re:1700 Roadstar oem light bar 3 Years, 8 Months ago   I removed the switch and wired around it. Lost that little nut and mine wasn't working. Didn't care for the setup of having to reach around the windshield to flip the switch either. Mine is wired to a kury switch on my master cylinder.   Logged     2004 Road Star Silverado (original owner), over 55K mostly trouble-free miles Patriot Guard Rider, IBA Member, Star Touring & Riding   The administrator has disabled public write access. #123609 1700cc (User) Expert Boarder Posts: 434 Re:1700 Roadstar oem light bar 3 Years, 8 Months ago   My wire vibrated loose from their lousy soldering job to the switch. I ended up disposing of the switch and connected the two wires together. My light bar is always on but then again I never turned it off before.   Logged     2006 Midnight Silverado   The administrator has disabled public write access. #123636 SailorKevin (User) Hey look it's a chicken!!!! Senior Boarder Posts: 208 Re:1700 Roadstar oem light bar 3 Years, 8 Months ago   I had the same problem with shawdy design on the same switch. While investigating the head light rattle, I opened both passing lamps and accidently wiggles one of the connections loose. So the inner electrician took over and I just wire nutted the wires together. I never liked that switch anyway, so I think that I am going to a marine supply store and picking up a boat quality switch that is going to fit the hole they drilled(with terminals and not stupid solder connections with no holes for the wires) I will let you know what I find... Kevin   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #123754 Mark7 (Moderator) Look for me on MSN chat if you want. Moderator Posts: 2051 Re:1700 Roadstar oem light bar 3 Years, 8 Months ago   Ya know, after hearing about the less than wonderful work done by (st)dealers, I'm feeling pretty good about my shade tree electrical work I did on my lights. Thanks guys! M7   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #134179 bobStash (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 259 Re:1700 Roadstar oem light bar 3 Years, 7 Months ago   How do you guys take the lamp assembly apart on the passing lamp? My center light has a screw around the outer race but the two passing lights do not. I have a light out and need to check the connection or replace it but I cannot figure out how to get the light apart.   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #134183 DrumDon (User) Real men have twins! Platinum Boarder Posts: 1260 Re:1700 Roadstar oem light bar 3 Years, 7 Months ago   There's a small screw at the BOTTOM of the lamp housing. Unscrew it and then there's a tab on the top that holds the rim of the lamp onto the housing. Lift UP the rim vertically, lifting the tab out, so as to not break the tab.   Logged     2001 HD Road King Classic   The administrator has disabled public write access.

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