40 amp fuse won't hold
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Stage IV
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From: Austin Texas
40 amp fuse won't hold
Here is my story: I started the bike pulled in the clutch dropped it in first gear and she died. No voltage to the lights, ignition or anything else on the bike. found the 40 amp fuse blown. Checked the switch smelt a little burnt so I took it out of the system. Fuse still blows. Checked all the grounds..the ones I could find all good. I jumper the neutral switch wire together thinking it shorted. fuse still won't hold. Any suggestions on what I might check next? Now remember it started idled and dropped in gear never to breath again.
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Stage IV
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From: Austin Texas
Thanks I will take a look at the diagram. It still baffles me that I have not done any wiring or changed anything on the bike and when I dropped it in gear everything went south. I am still leaning towards the neutral switch but can't help to think it's something major.
Road Master
Joined: Apr 2016
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From: Alaska
Any dead short is enough to pop a 40A fuse, it's why it's there.
Have you done any other work to the bike recently? A wise old shade-tree mechanic once told me, "Always go back to the last thing you did."
Have you done any other work to the bike recently? A wise old shade-tree mechanic once told me, "Always go back to the last thing you did."
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Stage IV
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From: Austin Texas
sbarron the only thing I have done is ride. That's what is strange about this. the bike has been performing great until Saturday. I haven't touch a thing.
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If it only blows once you put it in gear, it dies sound like the Neutral Switch...unless something else activates when you put it in gear.
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