How to Tow a Trailer Designed for a Harley Streetbike with a Vehicle with a 4-Way
Updated 05/18/2015 | Published 05/17/2015 >
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Hi, Ive been searching many stores here in the Twin Cities without luck. A guy a OReillys and a guy at Fleet Farm recommended etrailer.com. Seems like Ive seen a million trailer wiring apparatuses and adaptors in the past 2 days and I still havent found what I need and I cant believe somebody doesnt make and sell it. I have a Jeep with the 4 pin flat and a small motorcycle camper trailer normally pulled by my Harley that has the 6 pin round. So Im looking for a simple adaptor that would connect these two. Is there such a thing? Im hoping to not do any wiring work on the Jeep.
asked by: Jeff C
Expert Reply:
We have what you would need to make the adapter you would need, but we don't sell one ready to go.
What you will first need is the # PK12720 for your trailer to plug into, next you will need a signal converter to take the combined signal of your Jeep's 4-way to the separate signal of your trailer. For that you would want the # C56196. Lastly, you would need # HM48110 for a 4-way to plug into the Jeep 4-way.
When connecting the converter to the 4-way the wires will match up color for color, you will notice that the brown wire is not used on the converter. It will go straight to the 6-way. That signal and the rest of the wires on the output side of the converter will get run to the new 6-way according to the diagram I attached.
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