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turn signal quandary

Started by bigbore2, September 29, 2019, 01:58:59 PM

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bigbore2

September 29, 2019, 01:58:59 PM
Hey guys:   here's one for you.

Just got my bike back running after 3 yrs down. When I signal to turn L, signal works as expected.  But I can't signal R unless I signal L first for one blink, then flip my lever to signal R and then R signal works fine. If I signal R first, nothing happens.  It was doing this prior to my bike going down 3 yrs ago.

I did open up the L handle switch and clean/lube it up prior to 3 yrs ago. Cant remember if that started things back then but it might have.

FJmonkey

#1
September 29, 2019, 02:26:57 PM
The problem is all part of the same switch assembly if you can make it work that way. Open it up and clean it.
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red

#2
September 29, 2019, 04:30:29 PM
Bigbore,

I bought an FJ switch assembly for my FJ from eBay, and mixed and matched the inside parts to make one good assembly from two flaky units.
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Cheers,
Red
P.S. Life is too short, and health is too valuable, to ride on cheap parade-duty tires.

bigbore2

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September 30, 2019, 01:14:59 PM
I'll take another look at it and see if I can see the problem.  thanx
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