help with taillight problem.

[cowboyz]

my taillight keeps failing.

ok. first time I replaced the bulb. no problem. works. Then 2 weeks later it failed again. went in to get a bulb and put it in while in the shop. No go. doesn't work. ok I will look at it when I get home. By the time I got home the taillight was working again. ok. That is a bit concerning so I pull the bike to pieces to see if I can get it to fail. Not a hope. No wiggling of wires can make this light fail. ok my good luck.

2 weeks later the taillight has failed again. So I pull it apart again and this time I just can't get it to work.

The bulb is fine. If I turn the bulb around in its holder thing then the filiment that is surposed to be the tailight lights up when brakes applied. The brake light works fine.

Tested the fuses and they are fine. Disconencted the plug at the rear of the bike that the taillight is connected to and hooked it striaght to the battery and that is fine. All lights are go.

So it is somewhere between the fusebox and the plug that the taillight plugs into.Is there an easy fix? I am kinda procrastinating because I dont want to pull the loom apart but feel there is not another option. Does the wiring go directly from the fuse box to the rear light? If there is power at the fusebox then it MUST be a broken wire right?

Any thoughts on this?

[MSTRS:Me]

Intermittent probs such as these are THE worst to find/deal with. Best suggestion is broken wire (unlikely) or bad earth.

[tracyprier]

Bad earth would be my first bet also. Bad earths can cause the weirdest problems.

Intermittent probs such as these are THE worst to find/deal with. Best suggestion is broken wire (unlikely) or bad earth.

[cowboyz]

In the true spirit of my uselessness I have given up. I am going to have to pay someone to find the problem. I was thinking about hardwiring the tailight but I havent a switch on me and that leaves a messy configuration with the brake light cables.

Surely they wont want my first born to fix this small problem, Oh thats right, They already have my first born from when I vinned it.

[FROSTY:Me]

Apply Hose logic my son.
Pour water--lectricity In one end -Its gotta come out the other unless theres a hole/break
Brake light works perfectly YES.
ok so the earth wire aint broken.
The brake light wire aint broken
SOOO -trace the wire forward to the plug. Personally I wouldnt shag around.
Run a wire up to the headlight plug and hook it in there. Its not a hard fix I promice and will cost ya maybee $5.00 in wire/connectors.

[Motu]

Get a test lamp and trace the power,find out where it stops.I'd go for a fault in the bulb holder....

[Macktheknife]

Or you could just cheat and run a new wire and fuggeddaboudit, lol

[dhunt]

In the true spirit of my uselessness I have given up. I am going to have to pay someone to find the problem. I was thinking about hardwiring the tailight but I havent a switch on me and that leaves a messy configuration with the brake light cables.

Surely they wont want my first born to fix this small problem, Oh thats right, They already have my first born from when I vinned it.

Hey Lance, You are welcome to come round and try the loom off my parts bike (pretty sure it's still good) if you want and I've got the Manuals with the wiring diagrams if that helps ya. Sounds like a doggy connection somewhere (bulb or connector plug?) as it was going on/off over the bumps when I've been following you.

[cowboyz]

cheers dude. I will see how my week pans out. I am back at work in the mornign and with xmas coming up I seem to be doing 12 hours days alot lately. I might see what time I get outta there tomorrow afternoon and fire you a txt to see if your around./

[dhunt]

cheers dude. I will see how my week pans out. I am back at work in the mornign and with xmas coming up I seem to be doing 12 hours days alot lately. I might see what time I get outta there tomorrow afternoon and fire you a txt to see if your around./

cool I'll be home after 5.