Headlamps

[Jamesreabrookes]

While I am waiting for my brake bleeder to arrive I am going to try and sort out my headlamps.

When I got the bike the sidelights worked fine and also the man beam and pass light but not dipped beam.

I stripped the switchgear and sprayed all of the inside with contact cleaner and now no headlights at all.

I love electrics:smt021

Regards

James

[ophic]

Green connector woes. It's right inside the fairing and you have to take it all off to get at it. Plenty of threads on it already.

[Toooldtodie]

If it's a pointy it's the connector block just behind the headstock (raise tank and air filter). Yellow and white cables. Bypass the dodgy cable connections with well protected automotive connectors (spade/bullet). Job done.
If you need any more info, holler.

[Jamesreabrookes]

Thanks it was the connector block so fixed now

[Jamesreabrookes]

So I have a right dashboard disco now as the connector seems to be completely knackered so looks like replacement loom or spade connectors

[Toooldtodie]

B#gger!
Trouble is they all seem to suffer to some extent so a second hand one could be just as bad?! And then there's the connector on the other part of the loom... by-pass the lot?
What's the best way forward? Probably best answered by someone with more savvy than me.

[ophic]

spade connectors are pennies and a replacement loom is ££££££ so I know which one I'd try first.

[Toooldtodie]

spade connectors are pennies and a replacement loom is ££££££ so I know which one I'd try first.

Good point, well made.
Cordless soldering iron and a pocket full of spade connectors! Plenty of time and patience... great when it's all done and everything works as it should all the time!

[Jamesreabrookes]

job lot of bullet connentors on there way :)

[Jamesreabrookes]

50p fix isolated the dipped beam from the block and spade connectors job done.

Just speedo bulb to do then can start thinking about putting it all back together ��

[Toooldtodie]

I suffered with this for weeks, spent £££ at a garage to find the fault and then it pops up all over the org!

The joy of turning the key and seeing everything light up that needs to is priceless!
Glad that's sorted.

With the brake bleeding, Make sure you have plenty of kitchen towel, rags, spray bottle of water, etc before starting. Having someone with a steady hand to top up the reservoir while you bleed is a real bonus as is having plenty of brake fluid, you don't want to run out part way through the job.

Good luck! You'll feel like a pro after all this!