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Thrux900

My turn signals, brake light, and horn are not working, my headlight and instrument panel are lit though. everything was working fine until i left work? what ould be the problem? please help as i am running with no brake lights and want to get this fixed before i die. thanks

dazco

Check the fuses, then if it's not that look in the manual at the wiring diagram and see if you can find a ground or other wire that the affected lights have in common and check those for loose wires or wires that have contacted ground, etc.

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steelcap

turn signal, brake light and horn are all on fuse number 7

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Thrux900

I am not the best at mechanical stuff, I found the fuse bow but where is the wiring diagram?

Thrux900

Fuse 7 thanks alot, i checked the fuses but not good enough i guess. all fixed.

also i have stripped alot of the metric bolts on the bike can anyone recommend good replacement bolts?

Bmotorcycle2003

Thrux900, I really don't want to be a smart ass but, you should not be working on your bike. Stripping "a" bolt on your bike is not that unusual, but many, that is unacceptable. To strip threads, you are tightening way to tight. As an old race engine builder use to tell me after I stripped threads on a very expensive race engine "tight is just right, too tight is broke" You need to buy a service manual and a GOOD torque wrench and only tighten to the said torque setting supplied in the manual.

It is probably not the bolt that is stripped but the threads the bolt is going into that has become stripped. That can be an easy fix or it can be a real big problem. In either case it is not just a matter of getting a "better" bolt. The bolts that are on the bike are just fine.

You need to take your bike to a competent mechanic and have him look at and asses the damage. As for you, I would suggest you take a class in simple machanics before you continue to work on your bike, otherwise you might really break somthing that could cost you "A LOT" of money to fix. As you said "you are not that good at mechanical things". You got a really cool bike, you don't want to screw (excuse the pun) up your bike to the point it is just held together with duct tape.

Thrux900, I have been told, my advice is not even worth the 2 cents others get for their advice, so take it for it is worth, good luck.............Bob

dave_bee

strippng threads - eek! I agree with the torque wrench suggestion.

I've found some guys don't know their own strength and if not mechanically minded don't quite understand, mechanical things need tenderness and love too...man.

This is where a torque wrench is really useful, it shows just how gentle you need to be when tightening things up. And also shows which bolts really do need a good tweek.

With use it trains your arm into knowing what 10Nm feels like - in this case almost finger tight!

Spyder94

When you pick up a wrench, be gentle and think LOVE.

Steve, Gears and such.

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Thrux900

Didn't strip the threads, just tore up the head, i picked up some new metric bolts and evereything is better than new.