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RT TRAILER WIRING QUESTION
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fastfraser
Blazing Member
I'm sure the trailer guru Scotty will pipe in as he has helped most including myself . I think you have to wire your turn signals separately or add a second set as you need 5 wires minimum to work. The nine pin connector only has 7 wires, 5 that you will need to use.
NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
The wires are labeled on the tongue harness...or at least they were for the 2010 harness. There is a pinout diagram for the 2010 harness here. The 2011 harness you purchased is different from the 2010 harness I used, and I am not sure exactly how. The type of wiring on your trailer will make a difference, too. PM me and we exchange contact information and try to work out the details.
2 Stricklands
New member
2011 RT SE5 with trailer (not the RT trailer
I got a 2011 RT SE5 and bought a trailer (not a RT trailer) I read all the info on SpyderLovers and printed the RT 9 pin drawing. One of the points in the discussion was to have separate turn signal lights. I bought separate lights and wired them up. I bought the tonge harness from can am and cut off the end that goes to the trailer. I wired as follows:
Ground (black wire) to ground on the trailer
Running lignts (brown wire) to running lights (brown wire on the trailer)
Brake lights (used only on of the wires from the can am as instructed to both the turn signal wires in the trailer. I used the red wire (right brake)
right turn signal to new right turn signal
Left turn signal to new legt turn signal
That is the 5 wires that the discussion said was necessary.
the running lights worked correctly
the brake lights worked correctly
The new turn signal lights did not work at all, but both brake lights flashed when the turn signal were on in either direction.
So, I changed the wiring so that the red wire (right brake) went to the right turn signal on the trailer and the orange wire (left brake) went to the left turn signal on the trailer
Re checked and everything works except the new turn signal lights that i installed. The regular trailer lights do work as brake and turn signals however.
Using a volt meter, I checked the signal light wires from the Can Am and neither the green wire (right turn signal) or the blue wire (left turn signal) ever indicated that they were used at all.
My guess is that they changed the system and now the only wires that are used are ground (black), running (brown) Right brake (red) and Left brake (orange)
I am going to be pulling the trailer about 1000 miles over the next week. If anything happens, I will advise
The Stricklands, New members
I got a 2011 RT SE5 and bought a trailer (not a RT trailer) I read all the info on SpyderLovers and printed the RT 9 pin drawing. One of the points in the discussion was to have separate turn signal lights. I bought separate lights and wired them up. I bought the tonge harness from can am and cut off the end that goes to the trailer. I wired as follows:
Ground (black wire) to ground on the trailer
Running lignts (brown wire) to running lights (brown wire on the trailer)
Brake lights (used only on of the wires from the can am as instructed to both the turn signal wires in the trailer. I used the red wire (right brake)
right turn signal to new right turn signal
Left turn signal to new legt turn signal
That is the 5 wires that the discussion said was necessary.
the running lights worked correctly
the brake lights worked correctly
The new turn signal lights did not work at all, but both brake lights flashed when the turn signal were on in either direction.
So, I changed the wiring so that the red wire (right brake) went to the right turn signal on the trailer and the orange wire (left brake) went to the left turn signal on the trailer
Re checked and everything works except the new turn signal lights that i installed. The regular trailer lights do work as brake and turn signals however.
Using a volt meter, I checked the signal light wires from the Can Am and neither the green wire (right turn signal) or the blue wire (left turn signal) ever indicated that they were used at all.
My guess is that they changed the system and now the only wires that are used are ground (black), running (brown) Right brake (red) and Left brake (orange)
I am going to be pulling the trailer about 1000 miles over the next week. If anything happens, I will advise
The Stricklands, New members
NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
There is (was?) a difference between the 2010 Trailer Tongue Harness and the 2011 Trailer Tongue Harness. It sounds like you got the 2011 harness...possibly due to a dealer error or a superceded part number at BRP. BRP could have changed the wire color code since the original, also. The 2011 trailer work as 4-wire (without separate turn signals) and I have heard some late 2010 trailers did the same. The easiest way to accomplish this when the RT was first introduced was to do what you first tried. My non-BRP trailers are both wired that way, as are several others I have seen. This appears to be a moving target. It appears that 4-wire using the currently available (2011) harness may be the only choice at this stage, other than puchasing the parts and wiring from scratch. Thanks for the updated information. Sorry for your struggles. Hard to hit a moving target sometimes, I'm afraid.
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