[rcmatt007]

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Back to work again on my Wife's problem bike.... (Wife is not the problem...bike is)
I got the dragging front brake fixed, and then noticed it has no turn signals.. nothing... nada... zip! Of course I have no idea how long this has been a problem as I don't usually ride the bike. Of course the main driver doesn't know....

Soooooo, I take off all the front stuff to get to the wiring, to see if maybe a loose connection or something. Did you ever notice how many relays and du-dads are all shoved up near the coils? nothing was loose.... I opened an closed several connectors... put it all back together.... and still no turn signals. the hazard lights do work however.

I have not replaced the relay, and the auto turn off was brand new when I rebuilt the bike two years ago...

any thoughts (besides teaching my wife to use her left arm... straight for left, 90o up at elbow for right

 

[gkiesel]

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Hi Roger, Are the turn signal lights lit at all? Do they get brighter when the switch is activated? Have you checked the flasher itslf? A little more info please adn I'm sure the sggestions will flow

 

[exavid]

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Check the flasher first there's two of them and of course you've already checked out the fuses.

 

[rcmatt007]

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exavid wrote:

Check the flasher first there's two of them and of course you've already checked out the fuses.

first thing I checked was the fuse.... maybe I am missing where the "flasher" is (I will go back to the haynes... I could find the relay (there must be six relays all jammed up in there. I know the aspencade I had had to units like the hazard light flasher, but this bike has only had one (and the hazards work and when I rebuilt it the turn signals worked )... when I get home I will look again.

I guess the fairing comes off again

 

[rcmatt007]

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1. fuses are all good

2. found the turn signal relay with grey, blue/bl and wht/grn and will try replacing it

3. found hazard relay with pink, grn and lt grn/black

4. have a thing that actually clicks when hazards are on and it has two wht/grn, two yellow/green and green... but I find this no where in the clymer manual

5. if all else fails I still have some Glen Fiddich and will drown my sorrows, but I promise, no more kilt pictures

 

[rcmatt007]

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Okay... it is not the flasher/relay... replaced it with a good unit and still nothing, nada zip. (but I have a brand new one just in case)... any other thoughts on where to look before I takeout the 38 and point it at the bike and say "do you feel luckey?"

left forearm out straight--left turn

left forearm 90 degree up-- right turn

 

[tweake]

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not sure this will help u at all but i had the same prob with my 82 gl1100 and it turned out to be the main connector betwen the fairing and the bike had come lose . good luck

 

[rcmatt007]

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already checked all the connectors and fuses... I guess the next place to look is the auto conceling device