wiring woes
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Cruiser
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From: West Seneca,NY
wiring woes
I went and put on larger risers and had to extend the wires I ran the bike last week for four miles everything worked fine. I went to use it today and my signals didnt work the left side didnt turn on and the right just stayed on. Then I saw smoke coming from the headlamp I killed it took off the lamp and found the turn relay melted. Got a new one and the right side worked fine but the left side wouldnt even light up. Do you think it might be a ground that came loose?
only thing that changed was your wiring to make longer
- check all the wiring make sure its not grounding out-
--- then check the housings and make sure the wiring there is not pinched shorting anything out
- check all the wiring make sure its not grounding out-
--- then check the housings and make sure the wiring there is not pinched shorting anything out
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Cruiser
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From: West Seneca,NY
I checked my wires they are fine. My right side works left side barely works the oil indicator light flashes when I turn on the signal but the signal indicator doesn't light up. The headlamp fades in and out when I turn the blinker on. The blinker gets power and works when the headlights out. The wires that connect to the relay works it gets 12 when you press the signal and 0 when you don't. I'm at a loss I can't find a bad ground anywhere
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I checked all my wires too. sometimes its just not the obvious. you might be suprised if you solder them correctly. electrical stuff is by far not my thing but i was just passing on what worked for me. i had the same kinda junk going on with my ride too.
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Cruiser
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I traced all the wiring the bulbs are getting signal and the relay gets signal. The oil indicator light, neutral indicator light and headlight get feed from the turn signal. The oil light blinks and neutral light blinks when the bike is on. Oil light when its off since its lit. the wires that were soldered have been checked for continuity. I got the light to work and blink correctly I found that a power wire to the bulb had been cut into from the headlight visor. I repaired the wire and put everything together checked it again and it worked. I turned off the bike and moved it 5 feet walking it and went to check the lights later and it didnt work. The oil light just flashed and the headlight dimmed in and out. I dont get it nothing was done it just sat there. ANY IDEAS???? Im getting desperate here
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Elf I checked all the wires that go to that turn signal but it wouldnt explain why that one bad wire if existed would let all the other indicators flash when I turn on the signal except the turn signal indicator light and turn signal.