Help!!!!
Help!!!!
I swapped out all my cables and ran my wires through my new bars and I keep blowing fuses. First was accessories then my batter fuse.. I have no turn signals on my dash and have checked for pinched wires at the hand controls and everything looks good..any ideas?
Road Warrior
Joined: Apr 2008
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From: Central Ohio
Are the new bars ape hangers?
Did you dis-assemble & re-assemble the plug connectors?
Did you cut & splice the wiring?
Unpluge the connectors and check each pin to ground. Chances are you're going to find which circuit is grounded.
But that won't do much for fixin' the problem.
You'll need to pull the wires to make the repairs any way... so go ahead & dis-assemble the plugs and pull the wires for a visual inspection.
If you don't see the skinned wire then check each circuit to ground & make the repairs as needed.
If it's a skinned wire (from pulling them through drilled holes) just slip a length of shrink wrap over the pinned end to repair the damaged insulation.
Protect all the wires before pulling them back through the bars with some of this: http://www.techflex.com/prod_F6N.asp
Last edited by 08fxdf43202; Sep 6, 2011 at 01:18 PM.
They are pre drill apes ran them through in the sleeve they were attached to my old bars with.
I have looked at all the wires and checked them only one doesnt have a signal it's black with a red line, I imagine it's a ground?
I have looked at all the wires and checked them only one doesnt have a signal it's black with a red line, I imagine it's a ground?
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Inspect the exposed metal on the bars with the controls off and the controls for any small burn marks. Most likely it is only shorting when the controls are clamped down.
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I had this issue and it took me about an hour to figure out that it was the clamp pinching the wire when it was tightened down. Blown fuse when clamp was tight, no blown fuse when clamp was loosened!
Cruiser
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From: Orange County, Ny
Check your plug make sure you put both connectors back together correctly possiable put a wire in the wrong slot number
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Blk/Red is your start switch, you should not have anything on that with the switch off. W/Blk is power to that switch.
Inspect the exposed metal on the bars with the controls off and the controls for any small burn marks. Most likely it is only shorting when the controls are clamped down.
Inspect the exposed metal on the bars with the controls off and the controls for any small burn marks. Most likely it is only shorting when the controls are clamped down.
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From: Ogden, UT
Looks like in 2007 they made a change, the B/R on yours is also the clutch switch along with the black wire.