Well, let me know if you figure something out before I do. If yours is intermittent I would suspect a bad wire somewhere. As wires heat up it effects their ability to conduct electricity and there could be a short somewhere. I have a friend who is an aircraft electrician coming to look at it next week hopefully, so I'll keep tinkering with it in the meantime and see what happens. Good luck to you.
On Mar 29, 7:32 pm, Sean <[email protected]> wrote: > Jason, > > I'm having a similar problem with my front right light on my 96 750. > The bad news is that it's intermittent. I'd say it's lite about 50% > of the time. The turn signal works fine, just no front light. I > switched the bulbs as well. I haven't gone to your level of checking > it out yet - you gave me some ideas. > > On Mar 29, 6:12 am, Jason <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Already eliminated the bulb as the source of the problem. I took the > > bulb out of that side and installed in left side and bulb worked fine. > > I basically have my entire wiring harness torn apart right now and > > think that I have a short/current bleed off at some point. The way the > > wiring harness is you have a light blue wire coming out of the turn > > signal switch (which has correct voltage) and a light blue wire coming > > out of the turn signal indicator light(also correct voltage). They > > join together and run back to the right rear turn signal. With the two > > wires connected together I have correct voltage where they join. As > > soon as I connect the wire for the right rear light I get a voltage > > drop at the connection of about 8 volts. I checked everything on the > > left hand side and at that connection there is no voltage drop. This > > leads me to believe that the wiring inside the stem itself is bad > > since the significant voltage drop occurs when it is connected. > > However, if you disconnect that light and reconnect it to the left > > side leads it lights fine, which means that it cannot be the light > > assembly itself. My next thought was that the ground for the right > > hand light might be bad, but since the left and right hand side lights > > share the same ground that does not seem possible. So, at this point I > > am trying to figure out why I have voltage until I connect the light > > itself. It seems that would indicate the light itself is shorting out, > > but as I said, if I disconnect the right hand light assembly and > > connect it in place of the left hand it works fine. So, now I am going > > to try to find the problem by isolating only the wires connected to > > the right hand side lights and test the continuity of them if I can > > figure out how to do that and in a logical manner. Anyone have any > > more input or are there any electrical engineers out there who have a > > 95 Nighthawk or the wiring diagram in front of them? > > > On Mar 29, 10:53 am, Joey Kelley <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Depending on how you tested the bulb - it is possible that you > > > confirmed, not denied, a blown bulb. But I would echo the crowd and > > > suggest trying a different bulb in the same socket before I went too > > > much further. > > > The 450 NH doesn't have running lights on the rear, just the > > > taillight, but I don't have first hand experience on the newer models. > > > -Joey > > > > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Timothy Stark <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > Allen is right, you probably have dual element bulbs and one of the > > > > elements > > > > have blown > > > > > On Mar 29, 2011 10:07 AM, "Allen Thomas" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Swap the bulbs or replace them? > > > >> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > > >> From: Jason <[email protected]> > > > >> Sender: [email protected] > > > >> Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 05:46:23 > > > >> To: Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!<[email protected]> > > > >> Reply-To: [email protected] > > > >> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Signal/Running light problem > > > > >> I have a 1995 Nighthawk 750 and the right rear running light/turn > > > >> signal no longer acts as a running light, meaning that it only comes > > > >> on when operating the turn signal. I know that many people say that > > > >> they nighthawks are not supposed to have running lights, but this one > > > >> did when I got it and the other three still function fine. I have a > > > >> haynes/chilton manual, but it doesn't really give me any info on > > > >> troubleshooting the lighting. I have already checked the bulb and made > > > >> sure the short is not in the light stem itself. The problem does not > > > >> make sense to me because the right front and right rear have all the > > > >> same connections (ie. turn signal switch, signal indicator, signal > > > >> relay) except for where their power wires split and go to the back of > > > >> the bike. This wire has power when I disconnect it from the right rear > > > >> turn signal, but won't light it once it is connected. When I swap the > > > >> actual rear right and rear left light stalks (moving the left to the > > > >> right and vice versa) the light that was on the left and is now on the > > > >> right no longer works and the light that was on the right and is now > > > >> on the left works. 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