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Blackhat
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Posted: Tue Jan 4th, 2005 01:57 pm | 1st Post |
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| Good Day, The centre latch to open the large truck has stopped working. I have removed the faring and can "see" up into the mechanism but I cannot trip the latch. Can someone help me. PRN
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Jason
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Posted: Tue Jan 4th, 2005 05:54 pm | 2nd Post |
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| You need a wire coaty hanger or length pf brazing rod, hooked at one end. if you insert it between the 3 latch levers and up you will be able to hook the long bar that runs across (about 3 or 4 inches up) and pull it down. Usually takes quite a few attempts to get it.
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Blackhat
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Posted: Tue Jan 4th, 2005 07:12 pm | 3rd Post |
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Jason,
I am with you however is the long bar that I must hook in the back or front of the latch assembly?
Paul
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Posted: Tue Jan 4th, 2005 07:30 pm | 4th Post |
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Welcome to the forum Blackhat. 
 
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Jason
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Posted: Tue Jan 4th, 2005 08:24 pm | 5th Post |
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I knew we had discussed this before. Here is a picture of the trunk lock. The middle picture shows the bar that you need to pull down and the bottom picture shows the tab that pulls it when you operate the plastic lever. So you need to get your coat hanger up through the gap and turn the hook around (facing the back of the bike) and pull the long bar down. It isn't too easy but you will get it done.
By the way, what does PRN mean? BTW, FWIW etc I know but PRN I haven't seen used on forums before. Also BTW, welcome to the forum. Hope you find it useful.
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Blackhat
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Posted: Tue Jan 4th, 2005 10:02 pm | 6th Post |
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Jason, A picture says a thousand words. Once I saw what you are were describing I had the box open on the first attempt. The reason the latch stopped working was because when I reinstalled the plastic piece with the "long bar" I neglected to insert it into the slot as indicated by the green dot on the third picture. Again thanks.
PRN is my first, middle and last inital - nothing sexy about it.
Until next time PRN
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exavid
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Posted: Wed Jan 5th, 2005 03:26 am | 7th Post |
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Nice dots... obviously the fastest!
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Posted: Wed Jan 5th, 2005 07:48 pm | 8th Post |
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Jason wrote: By the way, what does PRN mean?
Hey Jason,  I was sure that PRN meant "Please Reply Now"  I thought to myself that Blackhat meant business.  But now he tells us thats the initials for his name. I thought we were going to have another enquiry. 
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FitzAl
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Posted: Wed Jan 5th, 2005 09:05 pm | 9th Post |
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Jason wrote: I knew we had discussed this before. Here is a picture of the trunk lock. The middle picture shows the bar that you need to pull down and the bottom picture shows the tab that pulls it when you operate the plastic lever. So you need to get your coat hanger up through the gap and turn the hook around (facing the back of the bike) and pull the long bar down. It isn't too easy but you will get it done.
Well spotted Jason. I remember that one. I spent ages trying to find the old thread with that picture but you beat me to it! 
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Jason
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Posted: Wed Jan 5th, 2005 09:17 pm | 10th Post |
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| Actually I couldn't find the thread either Alan, but I'm keeping track of all the locations of the tech pictures we post. That picture was posted by the wingnut months ago, he still has it in the same location as before so it was easy to find. Most topics get repeated every so often as new people join the forum with similar questions, so keeping track of the pictures makes sense.
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Posted: Fri Jan 7th, 2005 08:23 am | 11th Post |
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| I remember that topic, I think it was on the old forum if I'm not mistaken. Thta's why you can't find it here. Good idea keeping the URLs of the images, that way we can post them here without having to download them to our PC and the uploading them again.
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Posted: Sat Apr 21st, 2007 03:16 am | 12th Post |
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Jason et al....Thanks for the quick response. I'll be in the garage tomorrow with my coat hangar trying to snag the bar. I'll let you know
George
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Posted: Sat Apr 21st, 2007 04:20 am | 13th Post |
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Nice fix Jason. Very smooth!
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AZgl1500
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Posted: Sat Apr 21st, 2007 04:32 am | 14th Post |
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Aw guys.....  , you all surprise me. Don'cha know that PRN means "AS NEEDED"???
Now Blackhat had a need, and you all came along in his need
'PRN' from the medical world means "as needed"... Why, I don't know. Just cause...
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GWNorman
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Posted: Mon Oct 15th, 2007 11:26 am | 15th Post |
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| This thread has proved very valuable to many people.
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D-Rod
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Posted: Mon Oct 15th, 2007 01:10 pm | 16th Post |
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| This thread confused me at first. I was wonder what kind of truck he accidentally locked his Goldwing in.
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Hawker22
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Posted: Mon Oct 15th, 2007 02:29 pm | 17th Post |
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PRN = Pro re nata
Hey Jason and Blackhat--I see no Wing type in your Avitars. tch tch.
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goldwinger
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Posted: Mon Oct 15th, 2007 03:01 pm | 18th Post |
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| I thought PRN was short for printer.??
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Posted: Sun Dec 2nd, 2007 05:49 am | 19th Post |
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When all else fails:
I'm going to append this little tidbit to this post, because I think it might come in handy to someone.
First of all, I want to say that the instructions here really are invaluable, and my method should only be attempted when the above listed method won't work.
I found myself in that situation. I literally tried for 3 hours to properly hook the bar, and it didn't happen for me. I finally made the decision that one of three things was gong to happen - 1) I was going to have to take it to the shop, and pay a small fortune for them to fix it (if they could), 2) I was going to try something drastic and end up ruining the box and having to pay a small fortune for a replacement, 3) I was going to try something drasting and maybe not end up ruining the box...
You can probably guess, I opted for the last option.
I'll repeat, the above recommendation is the best, if it will work for you.
If it doesn't - I pulled the seat, and used a dremmel too to cut a hole big enough to comfortably put my arm through. Don't be shy on this, if you make it too small, you'll really have a mess when you try to make it bigger.
Be sure to use something that will make a reasonably clean cut. You want a single piece to put back when you're done.
I then got the longest handled phillips screwdriver I could find in my garage, and unscrewed the two latches that lock into the mechanism. There are two screws for each latch. When you get them off, of course the trunk will open.
After I was finished with everything, I used a quality two part epoxy, put the piece back in place, and held it with black duct tape to let the epoxy dry. As it turned out, the black duct tape was so unnoticeable, I just left it in place.
The repaired hole is not visible from outside the trunk unless the seat is removed. I'm sure it's visible from the inside, but most of the gremlins seem to have moved out.
After you're done, reassemble it correctly this time, and learn from your experience. Be sure to check the adjustment on the latch tabs. If they're not positioned well, the trunk won't close properly.
In my case, a pice of the mechanism was underneat the latch bar. This was preventing the "hook the bar" method from working for me.
Last edited on Sun Dec 2nd, 2007 08:14 pm by hparsons
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Posted: Sun Dec 2nd, 2007 02:12 pm | 20th Post |
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| Hparsons,I had to do the same thing when I put the latch together wrong after a tire change. I used a 31/2" hole saw & long phillips to release the latches. Mine was jammed so bad that with two hooks I was pulling the front wheel off the ground with the bike on the center stand! The whole rear trunk was bending down to the point I thought I was going to really damage something. I was able to glue the cutout back in using ABS epoxy . You cant see it because the cutout is behind the lower passenger seat pad. I hated to do it but aftre THREE days of trying I was ready to blow up the entire bike! Last edited on Sun Dec 2nd, 2007 02:13 pm by CB700SC
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