turn signal failure..

[Face]

A friend has an '01 he picked up a few months back. First thing was replace the battery, to ride from Ca. to Wa. During the trip, the bike would not fully charge the battery. He then replaced the stator with the 250w upgrade. With the bike at idle, voltage is 12.2, take rpm up to 3000 and voltage only goes to 12.7. W or w/o headlight, voltage has same readings. Going by the Clymer book, RR checks out ok, pickup coil checks ok, but when checking the stator yellow wires to ground, I get a reading when there shouldn't be any. This tells me that there's a short of some kind. The really strange part, is after checking wires, adding another ground wire, and performing all the checks, replacing the "supposedly" bad parts hasn't changed the problem - no charging. Any suggestions?? Thanks, Glen

[Svantwuyver]

It sounds to me like you haven't checked all the obvious things. If one side works, chances are that the flasher is OK. I can't remember my failed flasher symptoms, but I'm pretty sure both sides go dead if the flasher is bad - I could be wrong. Also, I'm pretty sure a standard automotive flasher will work - an electronic flasher will set you back about $12 from any autoparts store - even less for the heated wire ones (not recommended). Check for socket corrosion in BOTH turn signals on the same side. Also check for failed bulbs on BOTH sides. I was able to fix my KLR turn signal by replacing the capacitor. Radio Shack sells a grab bag of caps for about $4.00. They seem to be getting out of component sales so maybe these are no longer available. I can't remember the value I used, but going from memory is was 330uF - search the archives if that still works. The big problem is finding that value cap in a package that fits in the original housing. It needs to have axial leads. The grab bag from Radio Shack lets you try several values so you can get the desired flash rate. The original cap does not have a value printed on it. =========================================== I have an interesting problem with the left turn signal. It stay ON all the time. I have done some troubleshooting already: 1. Battery voltage is 11.9, bike still starts OK. 2. When Left signal is activated meter shows 10.7 volts going to the signal connectors under the headlight. 3. Relay measures .05 ohms resistance, OK by the manual. 4. Power to each of the relay leads is about 11+ volts when the signals are on, OK per the manual. Not sure what is going on, but I am close to just replacing the $37 relay and hoping for the best. If anyone has some ideas or suggestions, I would appreciate the help. Thanks, Eric __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com