signal light problem....

hav a kawasaki gpx '91. lookd at all the globe, ther a.o.k., wat other
areas should i look for??? jus wanted to see if i can fix it myself to
sav $.

 

If the turn signals don't work at all, check the fuses in the fuse
panel.

If the signals work ok on one side of the motorcycle, but don't work
right on the other side, you know the flasher is probably ok.

If one of the turn signal bulbs is burned out, the other bulb on that
side will stay on when you push the turn signal button.

Same thing will happen if one of the wires to a turn signal makes a
bad connection.

Same thing will happen if the contacts inside the turn signal socket
are corroded.

 

And again, in English?

 

basically none of the signal lights work at all. i checked the bulbs
and the fuse, there fine. thought it would be that thing that makes
the lights blinker but a mechanic told me if thats broken then the
lights would still be on but but not flashing. so thats not it. what
other areas can i look for in the bike??????

much appreciate the help.....

 

Not necessarily. It could indeed be a fritzed flasher relay.

Or the switch, or the wiring from the switch.

 

Yeah, though I'd probably check the wiring first (it's easier), then the
switch, then the flasher relay. If the OP knows how to use a
multi-meter, this stuff is fairly straightforward: check for voltage to
the switch, check for voltage from the switch (and note how much drop
there is), check for voltage to the flasher relay, check for voltage
from the flasher relay (or some variation on this). At any point, when
you lose the voltage, you test the particular part.

As for the switch, I'd recommend pulling it apart and thoroughly
cleaning it, no matter what. Clean contacts make a happy switch and will
go a long way towards preventing other (sometimes expensive) troubles.

If the OP doesn't really understand what I've just written...well
they've got two choices:
-ask for clarification and we'll walk you through it
-find a friend who understands automotive electrics and give them
pizza/beer to look at it. (ToG will do it if you wave a good-enough
bottle of scotch under his nose ;-)

Either option can be effective, depending on the circumstances.

--
Later,
John



'indiana' is a 'nolnn' and 'hoosier' is a 'solkk'. Indiana doesn't solkk.

 

Rather than using a voltmeter I strongly favor use of a test light.
It won't tell you how much voltage drop there might be (other than
a rough indication by glowing brighter/less brightly) but it does
put a load on the circuit which is necessary to find high-resistance
connections that a voltmeter won't indicate since it is a high impedance
load.

All that said, if the OP doesn't really understand electrickery, all
bets are off and there's no substitute for having a knowledgeable
person on scene. No amount of explaining measurement techniques is
going to help much if the recipient just doesn't grasp the fundamentals
of Ohm's/Kirchoff's/Thevenin's laws...