No, that does not automatically mean a bad relay. Relays don't "push" current. It's just a switch, it either lets current pass or it doesn't.
If neither rear turn signal lights, check their ground wire. It should be a ring terminal somewhere and a double bullet connector near the tail, usually green or green striped wires. The current path for a typical turn signal relay is battery->relay->signal switch->lights->ground. It is the turn signal switch that completes the circuit and in doing so decides which side lights up. If your relay works on one side and not the other, or you have front signals but not rear, it is not the relay. On Aug 18, 2015 12:48 PM, "Dashboard Viewfinder" <[email protected]> wrote: > Checked all the bulbs, no filaments appear to be bad. > Charged up battery over weekend, still showing same symptoms (only one > side goes dark), but now the 3-pin relay (next to battery), does not do > anything! > > So, taking the multimeter out, get good readings from switch (while > instrument cluster is off). Headlight/Hi-beam switch works (still). > Was not able to test signal from switch to instrument cluster yet. > > When the new relay comes in the mail, I'll update the group here. > > My thoughts are, if the signal is not getting to the rear at all (as in, > it goes through the relay, then back out), then it's got to be a bad relay > right? > > Thanks for the advice. > > On Monday, August 17, 2015 at 7:50:09 AM UTC-5, Allen wrote: >> >> Stupid question, but you did check the bulbs and their grounds first? A >> bad bulb will make it so things don't flash. >> >> Allen Thomas >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
