brake/taillights

[steel horse rider]

im haveing a problem that maybe someone can help with and it has me baffled. the brake light on my 1992 flhtc stopped working,well when i check it with the test light it will come on when pressing the brakes but will not work with the bulb and i have tried several bulbs,next i tried another brake light assembly and still have the same problem, so my next step is i remove the tail light assembly and test with test light to bare wires,and get the same results therefor telling me that after two differant assemblys something other is wrong then i tried touching the bare wires on the bulb it self and only taillight comes on but no brake light. i hope that someone out there can help me with this because it has me very confused

 

[Harttoo]

Check for damaged wiring under the fender.

 

[gator508]

As Hartoo said, check the wires under the rear fender.

My buddy's softail had a similar problem and he had to replace the wiring board in the taillight assembly. Good luck!

 

[dbmg]

Also check, sometimes the spring under center of socket sticks and does not make a good contact on bulb.

 

[PA 58]

most of the time it is the ground . might need to check that, mine was the tail light and not the brake light . cleaned the socket real good and v'wala