Monster 696 Headlight Connector question

[RichardIV]

Hey guys, newbie here.

Bought my monster used last year and so far so great. Really love this bike and plan on keeping it for a long while.

Recently my headlight both low and high beam started to flicker (mostly don't work), so I found that the white connector seems to be the problem. If I play with the wires a little, the light will come back on.

I have been trying to disconnect them (male and female) to clean them up for the past two days and just cannot figure out how to separate them? Is it that difficult?

Can can anybody give me some tips on how to separate them?

Thank you very much!

[stopintime]

Are they no longer white? Black = melted and will require so much force that they might break....

If the wires are long enough and you're capable of a little cutting, crimping a.s.o. you can just put on a few bullet connectors.

[RichardIV]

Are they no longer white? Black = melted and will require so much force that they might break....

If the wires are long enough and you're capable of a little cutting, crimping a.s.o. you can just put on a few bullet connectors.

Thank you for your input!

I finally was able to take them apart and out of four one was black.

Also, I took pics and not sure how to post it on here.

I cleaned the whole thing up and put it back together and now it works correctly without flickering.

Now, what do I do to get rid of that black one? Is it just time until something else happen ? Which I do not want to face.

Here’s links to pic of my bike and the connector

https://ibb.co/cNKDd0
https://ibb.co/ihXAQf

[stopintime]

I don't know that much about electric stuff, but I would suspect (and try to find) another fault in the wires to the light. Just to be sure.

Bad connection might lead to over heating? I honestly don't know, but I know that black connectors aren't unusual even if the source fault is another place.

[Howie]

There was an early production problem on the headlight side of the harness.  I cann't tell from your photo which side it is.  If it is on the headlight side, you can get the new piece from the dealer.  Plug and play repair.  Otherwise, cut back to healthy wire, add new wire if needed, new connector.

[Speeddog]

That connector got too hot, it won't get better and likely will get worse.

What howie and stopintime said, if necessary you can put an individual wire and connector for the problematic one, leave the other 3 where they are.

But do check for issues on that circuit as well.