aff-man
30th May 2006, 18:06
Well on wednesday last week as I was riding home in the pissing rain my instruments decided to go haywire. They kept going off and on and jumping all over the place.
Then on thursday the bike didn't start in the morning.
Got it going on friday and went to work with said instruments still going nutsoid while riding. The ride home that evening was moderatly interesting with the headlight behaving in much the same manor as the instruments.
Was to busy on the weekend to even look at the bike but come monday I decide to fix the bugger. So i realise that it's a short somewhere that is making the thing turn off all the time but couldn't figure out why both headlight and instuments were affected. Anywho went over all the wiring retaping and checking for shorts.
Couldn't find anything. So I start thinking the worst i.e. computer/reg rec has gone poof.
Bike wouldn't start today. So I decide to take the battery out and see if it's leaking or something. adn bingo bongo i found the problem.
The battery wasn't leaking but the srew holding the terminal had worked loose and so the positive clip was about 3-4mm proud over the battery terminal so it was making some contact but when bumped was arcing, and hence drawing heaps of current and basically turing everthing else on the bike off.
a lucky save as I was about to give up on the thing. Tightened one screw and she runs all sweet again.
Then on thursday the bike didn't start in the morning.
Got it going on friday and went to work with said instruments still going nutsoid while riding. The ride home that evening was moderatly interesting with the headlight behaving in much the same manor as the instruments.
Was to busy on the weekend to even look at the bike but come monday I decide to fix the bugger. So i realise that it's a short somewhere that is making the thing turn off all the time but couldn't figure out why both headlight and instuments were affected. Anywho went over all the wiring retaping and checking for shorts.
Couldn't find anything. So I start thinking the worst i.e. computer/reg rec has gone poof.
Bike wouldn't start today. So I decide to take the battery out and see if it's leaking or something. adn bingo bongo i found the problem.
The battery wasn't leaking but the srew holding the terminal had worked loose and so the positive clip was about 3-4mm proud over the battery terminal so it was making some contact but when bumped was arcing, and hence drawing heaps of current and basically turing everthing else on the bike off.
a lucky save as I was about to give up on the thing. Tightened one screw and she runs all sweet again.