As I mentioned in a previous post, I busted my tail light on the FXS's maiden journey
. It ended up being a more extensive process to replace than I first thought. Here's my documentation of it.
Tools needed:
Tail light assembly $15 - cheaper than I thought it would be for OEM
Two 13 mm wrenches
One 17 mm wrench
Phillips screwdriver
7 mm socket with extension or nut driver
8 mm socket or wrench
small zip tie
Steps:
1. Remove seat using two 13 mm wrenches (not pictured)
2. Remove the tail section by removing 4 bolts picutred - nut on top is 8 mm, bottom of bolt is 7mm The front left bolt has the grounding strap on it. These are fairly easy to remove with the proper tools. The rear bolts were a little harder for me. The bolts were recessed inside the plastic of the tail and don't have much profile, so it was a little hard to grab on to.
3. Flip over tail section and remove 4 screws to separate.
4. Cut zip tie to free wires
5. Disconnect two wires for tail light. Make note of the colors as they my not match. The length of one is slightly longer than the length of the other.
6. Remove nut that holds tail light assembly using 17 mm wrench.
7. Reverse the process to re-assemble.
I won't bore you with the details, but it took me a few hours to do this because I hadn't done it before and thought I could do it with less disassembly than I first thought. Now that I write it out (and if I was to do it again), it would be much quicker.
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