indicators won t work on left side

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Alan H
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Easy mistake to make........... :roll:
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well replacement switch is the same , only now no indicators work and the flasher unit buzzes on rt or left with new or old switch , i will have a look at clocks tomorrow , oh and the kill switch has now chucked its hand in !! love these old suzi s :lol:
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yahoo ! Kev you were on the right track , rotten earth wire from the indicator light in the console :D :D i now have all indicators flashing and no buzzing ,Big thanks to all you guys that chipped in --- i m off to the pub yay !
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But the console indicator repeater doesn't have an earth.
The two wires go to the left and right indicator circuits - green and black IIRC.
Then when either side is switched on, the other side actually 'earths' through the other side bulbs but as it's only a tiny (2w?) bulb, it doesn't allow enough current through to light the actual indicator bulbs.
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hmm i just presumed the black and white wire running next to the orange was an earth Alan , cleaning it up seems to has done the trick
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Enjoy your pint :)
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quark77 wrote:hmm i just presumed the black and white wire running next to the orange was an earth Alan , cleaning it up seems to has done the trick
It is an earth and if the connection was bad then it would cause problems
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The black 'n' white wires are all earths, but the black 'un int.
I would suggest starting in the headlamp unit and unplug all the connectors (one at a time!) clean pins and sockets, and then replace them where they were.
Then move through the entire bike doing the same. Go through ALL the earth connections especially.
If there's 'a few' bad connections, there will be more. Bet yer goolies on that!
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it has a brand new loom throughout but yes good advice to clean original plugs in headlamp shell , i ll do that before it gets the glass back on and keep checking the indicators step by step lol paranoia setting in :o
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forgot to add solder broken in kill switch , so thats easily solved too , onwards and upwards lol
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