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Old Nov 10, 2007 | 02:42 PM
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My engine guard fog lights went out the other day and I am finally tracing the problem. Pulled the seat and when I turn the lights on I hear a click in the relay box. I checked the fuse and it is good. Should the relay click or is it toast? When I pulled it apart from wiring connector it had a lot of corrosion on it which I cleaned off and lubed with dialectic grease.
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Old Nov 10, 2007 | 03:06 PM
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if it don't click then you got problem.
it clicks when you apply current to the coil and the coil closes the contacts.
You could have a bad switch that is turning the lights on when you don't want it too.
a shorted wire powering up the lights.
Or the relay could be closing when it's not supposed to causing the lights to turn on. That could be a bad relay or a wire BEFORE it has shorted the relay to power.
You need your service manual and the diagrams in back, and the electrical manual for the bike.
 
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Old Nov 10, 2007 | 04:35 PM
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ChooChoo is correct; the click is the relay operating; no click no relay. IIRC there is a fuse attached to the relay; check it; also check for frayed wires near the relaythat may have shorted the circuit causing the fuse to blow.
 
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