Turn signal issue

[ALdad]

Need some guidence here. Turn signal switch to Rt. position and front Rt. lights up but don't blink.The rear , nothing. Left switch position and both front blink and rear left blinks. I went over the bullet connectors and wires all seems OK. Any ideas? Buy the way this problem has been intermittent and when it started the dual front blinking was weak on one side. Now the dual front blink , both are strong. All this started before I did my recent head light relay.

[gavo]

sound like a bad earth to me

[fotoguzzi]

sound like a bad earth to me

I concur, bad ground.. have you possibly swapped one of the wires around so the ground is hooked to one of the positive leads?

[ALdad]

I never changed any wires. I took the handelbar control apart. there is a metal plate on the top half that conformes to the shape of the handelbar. This plate is rusty, does this act as a ground ?

[gstallons]

No, it gives you a good idea what the inside (of the switch)looks like.

[emry]

Bad rear bulb or connection. This is a simple paralell circuit, when one path goes open, the circuits resistance increases to the point that bi-metallic flasher will not heat up, thus no blinky blinky.

[gstallons]

Replace the bulbs and do not trust just looking at the filaments. These have index tits on the outside of the bulb body so make sure they are installed correctly.

[ALdad]

Thanx, I'll replace bulbs this wknd. Man I've got a lot to learn.

[gstallons]

It gets worse. The more intelligent you become, the more ignorant you realize you are.

[Dan M]

It gets worse. The more intelligent you become, the more ignorant you realize you are.

 

 

True but don't get scared.

 

I'm with 'em on the bulb or connection at the rear. Switch is OK as the front comes on. Flasher is OK as the other side works.