| Author | Message | ||
     Donl |
I need advice. I painted my side-rails and cheese-grater, in the process of taking everything apart and painting it and then reassembling everything I lost power to my whole system. When I turn the key the key fuse blows. I`m assuming that I have a short somewhere, but I put everything back together per the manual, so I don`t know how I could have gotten a short. Does anyone have any experience with a problem like this? | ||
| Blackxb9 |
Sounds to me like you have a bare wire. One of the wires, maybe in your main harness is rubbing on metal. I had the same thing happen with my 9S a while back and it took forever to find a little bare wire on the underside of the seat pan rubbing against some metal. I fried a bunch of fuses until I got it figured out. Look for discolored metal. | ||
| Donl |
I`ve already fried two fuses. I went out today and bought an Ohm meter. When I get home I will tear it all apart and see if I can figure out what went wrong. I wonder if this is a common occurrence? Thanks for the advice, Don | ||
| Buelltroll |
Seems to be a semi common occurrence..............of people who tear it apart and put it together. | ||
| Donl |
Donnie Lee thanks for your helpful comments. | ||
| Donl |
Well I connected the Ohm meter to the Key Switch fuse and grounded in on the frame. It seems to be grounded somewhere, but I can't find any bare wires. I guess I will have to call the dealership and have them come out and look at it. | ||
| Bake |
It will naturaly be grounded throught the battery, did you take it out of the circuit? | ||
| Reepicheep |
While this is showing up as an electrical problem, and could eventually be tracked down as an electrical issue, you might fix it faster with a mechanical approach. Blinkers, ECM connections, and tail light assemblies are the only thing back there that I can think of... Disconnect the ECM, turn signals, and brake/tail light assembly. Replace fuse and turn on ignition. If fuse blows, you have a wire wedged somewhere, start taking stuff apart again. If the fuse does not blow, reconnect things one at a time and watch for the fuse to blow. I'd suspect the blinkers if I were you. | ||
| Donl |
I tracked it down to the grounded wires on the right side of the ECM (facing the front of the bike). Changed their positions and the bike lights came on, but when I tried to start it, nothing happened. So I decided to move the relays around and the lights died again, along with the fuses blowing. Tomorrow I'm going to go out and see if I can get some new relays and give it another try. I'll also follow Reepicheep's advice and hopefully get things going. |
