| Author | Message | ||
     Lpd22 |
Here's my problem. Sometimes I go to start my bike and it will turn on when i turn the key but i won't hear the internal buz. And I go to start it and she won't respond. So I open up the fuse box on the right side and switch the 15a fuse's around and then eventually, i get the buz and she starts. Do I just need to get new fuses, if so can i get them at any autozone or motorcycle shop? Thanks for the help. | ||
| Firebolt32 |
You'll know if the fuse is bad by looking at the center of it. If the fuse is bad or blown you will either see that it has burnt up in the center or the two leads will not be connected. You can get these at an autozone. If their still not working properly, it could be a bad terminal in the fuse box itself. I've had this happen in a pick-up I had. | ||
| Darthane |
If it's a 'sometimes' thing, and the only variable is you monkeying around in the fuseblock, you may have a spread terminal like Firebolt32 suggested. If you 'have to' swap fuses to get it to start, most likely your fuse is blown, which indicates a short somewhere in the system. Also as he mentioned, you can look at the fuse filament by removing the fuse. They are all made of clear plastic spcifically so you can visually verify whether or not a fuse has blown. Yes, you can purchase new fuses at any automotive supply store (or likely any large department store). Our bikes use a standard 'MINI' type fuse of varying current ratings. | ||
| Od54 |
If your fuses are good it could also be that the terminals have some corrosion and may need to be cleaned. | ||
| Lpd22 |
Thanks guys, for the input. I am going to check it out and hopefully figure it out. | ||
| Firebolt32 |
What I like to do since I always have fuses laying around. I buy the ones that have a small led on top. When the fuse blows the led comes on letting you know the fuse is shot. | ||
| Ustorque |
When the fuse blows the led comes on letting you know the fuse is shot. not being an ass with this one, but how does the LED light once the circuit has been broken? | ||
| Froggy |
+1, i would like to see one of these LED fuses. | ||
| Jos51700 |
The fact that the fuse blows allows the current (remember, it's shorted to ground, causing the fuse to blow in the first place) to then pass through the LED circuit, thus lighting the low-current LED. It's a path-of-least-resistance-thing. If it's a ton of current, the LED blows, too. They don't tell you that. They have 'em at O'reilly's and Autozone here in the midwest. | ||
| Firebolt32 |
Thanks Jos...they do have em guys. |
