Harley cruise control not working. Evo and Twin Cam
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Make sure your throttle is correctly adjusted. Inspect your cruise cable. Be sure it is correctly routed & not bound or damaged. Confirm the cable is connected. Confirm that your speedo is functioning correctly. Check your speed sensor.
Here is some cruise control diagnostic: Cruise Control Initialization, Diagnostics and Codes: If you were doing a throttle cable adjustment it is possible that you may need to do an initialization . Here is the scoop from the service manual: The engine should be at normal operating temperature and throttle and idle cables should be correctly adjusted.
To set the correct cable lash proceed as follows:
1. Push the Cruise Switch on the right handlebar to RESUME and hold it.
2. Turn the Cruise ON/OFF switch to ON.
3. Turn the Ignition switch to IGNITION.
4. Start the engine. The green Cruise Enabled/Engaged lamp in the speedometer will illuminate.
Wait 3 Seconds for the lamp to go off.
5. Release the Cruise Switch from the RESUME position
6. Push the Cruise switch to RESUME and hold. Cruise will pull in cable until change in RPM is detected. The number of motor steps required to rev the engine is stored in memory.
7. After engine revs and Cruise Enabled/Engaged lamp is extginguished release the Cruise Switch from the RESUME position.
8. Turn the ignition switch to off.
Some possible causes for improper operation are:
If the cruise engaged lamp does not illuminate at all, check for one or more of the following conditions:
a. SET/RESUME switch faulty or not wired correctly.
b. Broken or pinched wire to SET switch or cruise module.
c. Cruise engaged lamp burned out or miswired. Lamp is turned on by module supplied ground.
d. Main 10-place connector not plugged into cruise module.
e. Faulty cruise main switch and associated wiring.
f. No module ground at Terminal E of 10-place module connector.
g. Brake light on constantly.
h. Throttle cables too tight.**
i. Bad cruise control fuse.
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I have a 2007 ultra classic that I swapped a used 2011 electraglide classic tach into and my cruise control still works but there is no indicator light is the bulb replaceable or do I have to get a tach from a bike with cruise control?
Both front and back drake light come on and off when pressed. I assume that is a running light on all the time. I never payed attention before. The rear brake switch is under the rear brake lever on the front of bike or at-least best I could locate. I took the leads off has power and was working properly. Haven’t messed with front brake switch yet. Looked for a fuse on the left side under the fairing cover. But nothing was for the cruise control directly.
I did all the steps to set the cable lash and it is still going full throttle when I set the cruise control at a speed
I did everything you said all 8 steps and it is still going Full throttle when trying to set cruise
I do the cruise initialization test and that seems to work fine,but when I turn cruise on nothing happens no green light comes on and doesn't set.Any ideas I have checked fuse and its good
we have a 2011 HD Touring Ultra Limited FLHTK. Riding along our cruise disengages & radio goes out too. Husband flips off ignition switch & turns back on (reset) then both will work again. What could be the issues causing these problems. ps we had our radio replaced aprox. 6 months ago for not working properly. Please help if possible. Thank You!
cruise control increased speed on its own, and now I can't set desired speed. cruise control won't set.
Hello, I have a 2016 Fatboy lo and my cruise control stopped working all together, the light in the speedometer doesn't light up. Any suggestions? Thank you
My 1995 Ultra cruise stopped working.(70956-93A) After complete diagnostic the result was failure of printed board in cruise. Nobody sell this part only the whole expensive cruise box. So I bought the new part. After few years I am facing the same problem. Failure of electronic printed board. Anybody knows where to get parts for this printed board? I am tired of buying the whole thing again and again.
Ok, cruise will work for first 5-10 minutes, then not at all and no green light on dash, just orange that shows that cruise is engaged. Also in that same 5-10 minutes brake lights work as normal then they just stay on. What to do? Thanks, waiting for a response. KD