FYI - Frame Chafing Wiring Harness!

I have been having an intermittent headlight/dash electrical problem/short, kept blowing the headlight circuit fuse.


To make a long story short, after weeks of trouble shooting I finally found the cause.

The mounting bracket for the coil has a sharp edge that cut into the main wiring harness and caused a short.

Make sure you take a look at your bike and catch it before it happens to you.

Wiring Harness rubbing against bracket:







Damaged harness:



Shorted wire:



The Fix:


Re-wrapped the wiring harness and added some plastic sheathing.

Thanks much for the heads up! I'll check mine and improve it next time I have the tank off for sure.

I feel your pain. I have been telling customers to either check their bikes or bring it in and have us fix theirs.

Apparently the 11s have a much simpler wiring harness. I have heard that Husq will replace the 10s harness with the 11 harness when they become available.

Thanks for the heads up.

Will be checking this issue out. Lost the dash/lights/horn yesterday. Bike continued running ok, but possibly lost the rad fan as well?

richy