So, at this point I am thinking that the fault might be in the turn signal relay, so I am going to check it for faults if the specs are in the manual. It is the only thing I can seem to find, other than the switch, which is brand new, that dirrentiates one side from the other. Wish me luck everybody.
On Mar 29, 8:47 pm, axl498 <maineohio...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Well, let me know if you figure something out before I do. If yours is > intermittent I would suspect a bad wire somewhere. As wires heat up it > effects their ability to conduct electricity and there could be a > short somewhere. I have a friend who is an aircraft electrician coming > to look at it next week hopefully, so I'll keep tinkering with it in > the meantime and see what happens. Good luck to you. > > On Mar 29, 7:32 pm, Sean <sfox...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > Jason, > > > I'm having a similar problem with my front right light on my 96 750. > > The bad news is that it's intermittent. I'd say it's lite about 50% > > of the time. The turn signal works fine, just no front light. I > > switched the bulbs as well. I haven't gone to your level of checking > > it out yet - you gave me some ideas. > > > On Mar 29, 6:12 am, Jason <maineohio...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Already eliminated the bulb as the source of the problem. I took the > > > bulb out of that side and installed in left side and bulb worked fine. > > > I basically have my entire wiring harness torn apart right now and > > > think that I have a short/current bleed off at some point. The way the > > > wiring harness is you have a light blue wire coming out of the turn > > > signal switch (which has correct voltage) and a light blue wire coming > > > out of the turn signal indicator light(also correct voltage). They > > > join together and run back to the right rear turn signal. With the two > > > wires connected together I have correct voltage where they join. As > > > soon as I connect the wire for the right rear light I get a voltage > > > drop at the connection of about 8 volts. I checked everything on the > > > left hand side and at that connection there is no voltage drop. This > > > leads me to believe that the wiring inside the stem itself is bad > > > since the significant voltage drop occurs when it is connected. > > > However, if you disconnect that light and reconnect it to the left > > > side leads it lights fine, which means that it cannot be the light > > > assembly itself. My next thought was that the ground for the right > > > hand light might be bad, but since the left and right hand side lights > > > share the same ground that does not seem possible. So, at this point I > > > am trying to figure out why I have voltage until I connect the light > > > itself. It seems that would indicate the light itself is shorting out, > > > but as I said, if I disconnect the right hand light assembly and > > > connect it in place of the left hand it works fine. So, now I am going > > > to try to find the problem by isolating only the wires connected to > > > the right hand side lights and test the continuity of them if I can > > > figure out how to do that and in a logical manner. Anyone have any > > > more input or are there any electrical engineers out there who have a > > > 95 Nighthawk or the wiring diagram in front of them? > > > > On Mar 29, 10:53 am, Joey Kelley <sandp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Depending on how you tested the bulb - it is possible that you > > > > confirmed, not denied, a blown bulb. But I would echo the crowd and > > > > suggest trying a different bulb in the same socket before I went too > > > > much further. > > > > The 450 NH doesn't have running lights on the rear, just the > > > > taillight, but I don't have first hand experience on the newer models. > > > > -Joey > > > > > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Timothy Stark <tstark1...@gmail.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > > Allen is right, you probably have dual element bulbs and one of the > > > > > elements > > > > > have blown > > > > > > On Mar 29, 2011 10:07 AM, "Allen Thomas" <althomas...@gmail.com> > > > > > wrote: > > > > >> Swap the bulbs or replace them? > > > > >> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > > > >> From: Jason <maineohio...@gmail.com> > > > > >> Sender: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com > > > > >> Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 05:46:23 > > > > >> To: Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!<nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com> > > > > >> Reply-To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com > > > > >> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Signal/Running light problem > > > > > >> I have a 1995 Nighthawk 750 and the right rear running light/turn > > > > >> signal no longer acts as a running light, meaning that it only comes > > > > >> on when operating the turn signal. I know that many people say that > > > > >> they nighthawks are not supposed to have running lights, but this one > > > > >> did when I got it and the other three still function fine. I have a > > > > >> haynes/chilton manual, but it doesn't really give me any info on > > > > >> troubleshooting the lighting. I have already checked the bulb and > > > > >> made > > > > >> sure the short is not in the light stem itself. The problem does not > > > > >> make sense to me because the right front and right rear have all the > > > > >> same connections (ie. turn signal switch, signal indicator, signal > > > > >> relay) except for where their power wires split and go to the back of > > > > >> the bike. This wire has power when I disconnect it from the right > > > > >> rear > > > > >> turn signal, but won't light it once it is connected. When I swap the > > > > >> actual rear right and rear left light stalks (moving the left to the > > > > >> right and vice versa) the light that was on the left and is now on > > > > >> the > > > > >> right no longer works and the light that was on the right and is now > > > > >> on the left works. 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