Tail Light Replacement

Didn't even know this could happen. Stopped at a stop light, a Harly rider rode up beside me to let me know my tail light was out. Thanks, I said, and I was on my way. When I got home, I put the bike in neutral and got off…. tail light was working fine. I decided to take the seat off and have a gander. As soon as I touched one of the wires for the tail light it went out. After further inspection, I found that the wire clips were _very_ loose. More research showed that I could replace those clips … I had to replace the entire tail light housing. I enquired at the loca dealer how much the replacement would be and almost choked on the complimentary cookie (225$ + labour).
I went home and orderd one from A&S cycle (48$ + shipping/duty/etc). I tried to make the connections as tight as possible in the meantime.

This change is difficult enough without the luggage racks in place.

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So, you have to remove the top rack. In my case, I had to practically remove the Krauser mounts. Once I had everything loosened off, I was able to remove the top rack and then the rear plastics. They need to come off so that you can access a screw.

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With the plastics now off, I could access everything I needed to get the tail light out. What I noticed when I remove the old assembly was that there was a kind of retaining hole that stabilized the unit. There was no such thing on the new unit. It was going to be held on by 2 screws and _only_ 2 screws.

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With the new assembly in place, I reversed the dissassembly process to get the bike working again.

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