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2020/07/06 18:39:32 (permalink)
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Question regarding wiring of Husqvarna RZ5424

I'm new, so please forgive any question that's previously been answered...  My zero turn Husqvarna RZ5424 had an idler pulley freeze up, and overheat. When it failed, it took out (sliced up) the wires between the two handles. (I've replaced the pulley, but am now trying to figure out the wiring).  What complicates this is that initially, I was using a wiring diagram that the Internet SAID was for RZ5424, but was just enough different to lead me astray. All to say that the wires are mixed up pretty bad. There is a blue wire, a couple of yellows and a couple of brown wires between the control handles, and wires coming from the brake safety switch and ign.   In my attempt to rewire this mess, since I had the wrong wiring diagram (even though it said "for RZ5424"), I attempted to make connections based on the wrong diagram. My machine down not have a "start relay" (solenoid) and the only diagram shows this solenoid, which made it confusing to rewire. Does anyone know where I can locate a wiring diagram for model RZ5424?  OR, does anyone know if I can buy a wiring harness replacement off Amazon and KNOW that it's the right fit? OR, might someone be able to simply share how it's wired coming off the ignition switch and from the brake safety switch?  Thank you for any help that's available.   
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Re: Question regarding wiring of Husqvarna RZ5424 2020/07/06 19:20:59 (permalink)
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Re: Question regarding wiring of Husqvarna RZ5424 2020/07/06 19:52:45 (permalink)
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The 9 digit model number off the serial number tag to look-up the correct manuals once Husqvarna gets their website working again. Currently down.
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Re: Question regarding wiring of Husqvarna RZ5424 2020/07/06 19:56:02 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby TownsendsFJR1300 2020/07/07 07:11:22
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Thank you Scott!   I've printed out the diagram and will see if it's a match. On the wiring diagram, I'm looking for the "right and left" control lever wiring, but don't see it.  Maybe I'm missing something.  I'll also try to confirm the wiring harness as one that would fit my rig. Thank you very much for your time researching this.    As to your question... I've been as confused as you've indicated you may be.  Yes, the pulley is below the deck, and the wires were located under the seat, IN FRONT OF the battery, above the deck!   As the pulley was in the process of freezing up, I smelled a burnt plastic smell, which I thought was the plastic part of the pulley.    When I tilted up the seat and accessed the wires, they looked like they had been "sliced," and I'm at a loss as to how they would have been cut, being directly IN FRONT of the battery!  I thought I'd find a junction box there, but not so. I'm wondering if they burned through, although the plastic on the wires wasn't melted... just the wires looking like they were cut.  This has truly been an enigma to me as to how it happened to impact the wires.  If it has been only the pulley to repair, that was easy to fix with a new part, but not so!  These things seem to happen to me, without explanation or reason, they just happen.  In any case, I'll check further into the diagram you found and see if it looks like anything similar to what I have.  
 
Thank you once again. 
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Re: Question regarding wiring of Husqvarna RZ5424 2020/07/06 20:06:40 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby TownsendsFJR1300 2020/07/07 11:23:33
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AVB,  Another thank you... I've written down the 9 digit model number and will access the Husqvarna website (when it's working), to see if the wiring harness that Townsends FJR 1300 supplied will work.  The two of you have been MORE than helpful.  Respectfully,  CaptainJohn
 
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Re: Question regarding wiring of Husqvarna RZ5424 2020/07/07 08:01:56 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby TownsendsFJR1300 2020/07/09 07:08:04
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AVB,  Another thank you... I've written down the 9 digit model number and will access the Husqvarna website (when it's working), to see if the wiring harness that Townsends FJR 1300 supplied will work.  The two of you have been MORE than helpful.  Respectfully,  CaptainJohn



It won't since it for a rider but here a diagram I pull from one of the RZ5424 owners manuals this morning.

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