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Offline Zork

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K1100LT Parking Brake Bulb Replacement
« on: May 17, 2021, 12:15:14 PM »
Short of hiring a German midget, what is the best way to get to that tiny bulb holder over the headlight that holds the parking light? :idunno:
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Re: K1100LT Parking Brake Bulb Replacement
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2021, 12:54:59 PM »
You can grab the very back of it with a finger and thumb and turn it about 1/6 of a turn CCW. Then it pulls straight back.
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Offline Zork

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Re: K1100LT Parking Brake Bulb Replacement
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2021, 01:58:39 PM »
Not with my big redneck hands I can't...
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Re: K1100LT Parking Brake Bulb Replacement
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2021, 02:16:07 PM »
Quote from: Zork on May 17, 2021, 01:58:39 PM
Not with my big redneck hands I can't...
Clearly, the authors of the K1100LT/RT riders handbook were unaware of Massachusetts' diverse gene pool.  :laughing4-giggles:  I'd be looking for needle nose pliers, slip-joint pliers or some other gadget I could modify into a dainty finger prosthetic devce, if I wasn't on speaking terms with small-handed friends.
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Offline Zork

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Re: K1100LT Parking Brake Bulb Replacement
« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2021, 02:21:25 PM »
...except I'm Puertorican. Oh well. I'm going to ask my wife to take a whack at it, but I am going to have to bribe her, which means food or shopping. I think she's on the hunt for plants for the garden, so maybe I'll use that. If that doesn't work, I have new tires and valves coming on Wednesday, maybe the shop where I will take them to be installed has someone I can borrow. Haben Sie jemanden mit kleinen Händen und einem Berliner Akzent?  :laughing4-giggles:
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Re: K1100LT Parking Brake Bulb Replacement
« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2021, 02:56:49 PM »
Quote from: Zork on May 17, 2021, 02:21:25 PM
...except I'm Puertorican. Oh well.
If you live in Massachusetts, you're a Massachusettsan. You can't hide from it. ¡Qué lástima! :laughing4-giggles:
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Offline Zork

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Re: K1100LT Parking Brake Bulb Replacement
« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2021, 04:13:26 PM »
No, the redneck thing comes from four years in the Marines.
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Re: K1100LT Parking Brake Bulb Replacement
« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2021, 05:26:35 PM »
Quote from: Zork on May 17, 2021, 04:13:26 PM
No, the redneck thing comes from four years in the Marines.
Marines are called Rednecks now? Is that an attempt at moving away from leather references to attract vegan recruits and broaden diversity in the Corps?  :laughing4-giggles:
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Offline Zork

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Re: K1100LT Parking Brake Bulb Replacement
« Reply #8 on: May 17, 2021, 05:29:01 PM »
Huh? I said redneck hands.
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Re: K1100LT Parking Brake Bulb Replacement
« Reply #9 on: May 17, 2021, 05:48:59 PM »
Clearly hands and necks have been getting confused in transmission through the fiber network but it's all clear now. 112350
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Re: K1100LT Parking Brake Bulb Replacement
« Reply #10 on: May 19, 2021, 01:02:54 PM »
Quote from: Zork on May 17, 2021, 04:13:26 PM
No, the redneck thing comes from four years in the Marines.

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Re: K1100LT Parking Brake Bulb Replacement
« Reply #11 on: May 19, 2021, 01:37:10 PM »
Quote from: Laitch on May 17, 2021, 05:26:35 PM
Marines are called Rednecks now? Is that an attempt at moving away from leather references to attract vegan recruits and broaden diversity in the Corps?  :laughing4-giggles:
Maybe, but the latest  possible diversity broadening technique is to ban any possible recruit that voted for The bad orange man.  But we digress from the PBR question. sorry.
 BTW I made it back from CT on the Orka.
BTW2. I'm really unqualified to answer this question as I didn't even know I had a parking brake bulb. I guess  I was too preoccupied with getting it to run to noice.
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Re: K1100LT Parking Brake Bulb Replacement
« Reply #12 on: May 19, 2021, 02:54:00 PM »
Quote from: beemuker on May 19, 2021, 01:37:10 PM
BTW I made it back from CT on the Orka.
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Offline Zork

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Re: K1100LT Parking Brake Bulb Replacement
« Reply #13 on: May 31, 2021, 10:32:00 PM »
Hmm. I posted this once already and it never made it online. Weird. After noodling the issue and greasing the gears with cheap Puerto Rican beer, I figured out we are all doing it wrong. Correct way:
  • Carefully remove windshield
  • Remove cover behind windshield (six screws in front, another four on the other side, top of the fairing) and disconnect windshield motor connector.
  • There's the damn parking bulb holder. In plain sight, no hobbit hands needed. Turn clockwise (as viewed from the front) to remove. Change bulb. Test parking light. Reinstall.
  • Reconnect and reinstall front cover and rear screws.
  • Carefully reinstall and test windshield mechanism.
  • Admire your work with a fresh Puerto Rican beer.
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Re: K1100LT Parking Brake Bulb Replacement
« Reply #14 on: May 31, 2021, 11:25:03 PM »
Quote from: Zork on May 31, 2021, 10:32:00 PM
I figured out we are all doing it wrong.
We, Ke-mo sah-bee? That must the royal "we" in usage.  :laughing4-giggles:
Congrats on a job, well, done and your procedure epiphany. 112350
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