BMW RT BOXER FORUM - NL/B

1. Put bike on centerstand.
2. Remove access cover by reaching up from underneath (lefty loosey).
3. Look in from behind handlebars with a flashlight to see the connector.
4. Adjust handlebars and reach in past the fork tubes and pull connector straight off...it should come off easily.
5. Look again to see the orientation of the spring clips. To release the bulb, you have to push them forward then toward the outside. You can do it with your finger. I wore a nitrile glove which gave me some grip on the spring. I found it easier to remove the starboard side clip first, and the port side clip second. (For some reason it's much harder to get the starboard clip off if you take the port side off first.)
6. Pull bulb straight out. Note orientation of tang (pointing up).
7. Insert new bulb with tang pointing up. I had to feel my way around to do this part, but it only took a minute or so. Remember not to touch the glass part with your hands. Confirm that the bulb is properly seated by looking in from the front of the headlight.
8. Put the spring clips back on. I did the starboard side first, port side second.
9. Push the connector back on.
10. Replace the access cover.
11. Start 'er up and confirm the new bulb works.

It took me the better part of an hour to get the procedure down to these steps. Now that I've done it once I could probably do it in 10 minutes.

Jos1200rt schreef: ↑20 nov 2017, 15:56 IK heb de ervaring dat vanwege de claxon ik weinig ruimte heb voor mn hand. De claxon draai ik daarom maar n beetje los of haal m, tijdelijk, helemaal los.
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