Hywel Posted July 6, 2010 Posted July 6, 2010 I got caught in a massive downpour day before yesterday and arrived home with all of my electrical stuff working fine. Took the bike home from my girlfriends house yesterday and noticed that my tacho was dead, along with my indicators, tail lights and neutral light. The headlight was working so naturally I suspected a blown fuse which seemed to be the case. When I replaced the broken one everything worked for about 10 seconds before the same fuse blew again. Looking at the relay and electrical stuff under the seat it looks like they got caught up in the rain and road grime a few days before because they're all dusty and dirty (been meaning so seal up a couple of gaps at the back of the undertray) so I'm thinking something might be shorting?What's the best thing to do? Quote
Stu Posted July 6, 2010 Posted July 6, 2010 sounds like you have water in somewhere and is shorting out a quick fix is to squirt with WD40 as it chases water out a proper job is to look for the water thats causing the short and seal the plug/conector/relay properly and smear some electrical grease on all connections too Quote
Hywel Posted July 6, 2010 Author Posted July 6, 2010 sounds like you have water in somewhere and is shorting out a quick fix is to squirt with WD40 as it chases water out a proper job is to look for the water thats causing the short and seal the plug/conector/relay properly and smear some electrical grease on all connections too Yeah I thought as much, on my next day off I'll give it all a good going over and waterproof it properly. Thanks Quote
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