Do you have access to smaller hands? That's how I learned to work on things, my dad's hands were too big so I was always having to reach into places for him. Got a kid handy?
-Kyle On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 9:54 AM, jeff mercier <[email protected]> wrote: > i already did that to get to the fuses graham and i still needed to use > forceps to put them in and take them out. > as ive already stated i have large hands and fingers and cannot get in > there. > also to get the ignition out. you need to remove a small bolt and cant get > at that even with a small breaker bar and socket without the possibility of > stripping it. > trying to replace a stripped nut or drill it out is not my idea of fun. > > > > *From:* Graham Rogers <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Thursday, January 24, 2013 10:43 AM > > *Subject:* Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] trouble with my poor 650 nighthawk > > Jeff, to get at your ignition switch is not that hard - You just need to > get the headlight out of the way. Just unscrew the 12 mm bolts holding the > headlight bucket (better remove the headlight first). Then just move it > down a little out of the way, no need to remove wiring. Then loosen the > turn signal ears and swing them outwards a little to give you access to the > two bolts holding your ignition in place. Graham > > On Jan 24, 2013, at 10:29 AM, jeff mercier wrote: > > 'then i checked the battery by bridging the terminals in the relay, the > bike cranked over fine so the battery is good. [ps i put the bike on a > boost charger when i got home and affirmed the battery is good.]' > the battery in the bike now is a yausa the oem replacement > > tried bridging the applicable fuses with tin foil still nothing joey. > > i think the telling thing here is that supplying power directly to one > coil produced no spark at all. > it has to have something to do with a part of the system that > shorts/gorunds the coils and apparently the ignition switch on these > 'newer' bikes does that. > > > *From:* Joey Kelley <[email protected]> > *To:* "[email protected]" < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, January 24, 2013 9:59 AM > *Subject:* Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] trouble with my poor 650 nighthawk > > Jeff, > Pardon my ignorance as to your particular bike's electrical > system - but to have everything work fine for a ride into town then have > the electrical system magically stop working before the ride home - I have > a sneaking suspicion that the fault is something simple that may have been > overlooked. Here are a few thoughts: > I've seen batteries that had one bad cell, they would show > sufficient voltage, but when used would actually fail to work properly > Battery cables - particularly ground cables - are often dirty > and can use a good cleaning - on both ends. > If a ground cable has failed - the entire electrical system will > appear dead - since it is in effect, unhooked. Ditto for the 'hot' cable > for that matter. > I have personally found and replaced fuses that would work > properly when checked with a volt meter but had actually failed and would > separate under load. > I don't know if any of these apply to you, but I would suggest > that any of them could. > -Joey > > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en-US. > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en-US. > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en-US. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en-US.
