Ok, I believe it to be a bad ground, and after I explain what its doing, I will explain what all I have done.
I have 2006 FHLX-I Street Glide. Stock rear turn signals and brake light. Front turn signals are the HD lighted mirrors, part 92068-08A.
WHAT IT DOES - My right blinker comes on from time to time. When I say come on, I mean it will not blink, but just stay lit up. If I hit a bump or series of bumps, it will light up. Sometimes it stays on, sometimes it goes back off, and sometimes it comes on in varying degrees of brightness that goes in rhythm of the vibrations of the road. And then again, some days I can go all day and night with no issues what so ever. Now, sometimes when I turn my ignition on, the blinkers act like I have the security system (which I don't). They blink left to right and back. Also, when I use my blinkers, they blink around 5 times normal, then go into double speed.
WHAT I HAVE DONE - From searching the web, and from local mechanics, I have come to believe this to be a ground issue and that there is a ground some where that is acting up and that its trying to ground back through the TSM. At one point when trying to figure this out, I noticed if I slapped the rear fender, the problem would start/stop, this was with bike sitting in my drive way. So I went into the rear light. I changed the circuit board as well as both blinker assemblies and installed an LED tail light. I then sprayed the connector that comes from under the seat with electrical cleaner, plugged and unplugged the connector several times, put dielectric grease, and then cleaned and greased the connector under the seat that goes to the back. Problem went away for a couple days. Then returned, but now, its when it lights up, its more varying brightness with vibrations than just being 100% lit.
INFO I LEARNED - I do have the service manual. I went through the wiring diagrams (nearly went cross-eyed). Seems like I have 4 grounds on this bike. One in fairing, two under seat (dirty and clean), and one on the starter. The blinkers themselves use the dirty ground, and the TSM and blinker indicators use the clean ground. Both ground nuts were removed, cleaned, greased, and re-installed.
I hope I explained in enough detail for you guys. Thanks heaps!!
I have 2006 FHLX-I Street Glide. Stock rear turn signals and brake light. Front turn signals are the HD lighted mirrors, part 92068-08A.
WHAT IT DOES - My right blinker comes on from time to time. When I say come on, I mean it will not blink, but just stay lit up. If I hit a bump or series of bumps, it will light up. Sometimes it stays on, sometimes it goes back off, and sometimes it comes on in varying degrees of brightness that goes in rhythm of the vibrations of the road. And then again, some days I can go all day and night with no issues what so ever. Now, sometimes when I turn my ignition on, the blinkers act like I have the security system (which I don't). They blink left to right and back. Also, when I use my blinkers, they blink around 5 times normal, then go into double speed.
WHAT I HAVE DONE - From searching the web, and from local mechanics, I have come to believe this to be a ground issue and that there is a ground some where that is acting up and that its trying to ground back through the TSM. At one point when trying to figure this out, I noticed if I slapped the rear fender, the problem would start/stop, this was with bike sitting in my drive way. So I went into the rear light. I changed the circuit board as well as both blinker assemblies and installed an LED tail light. I then sprayed the connector that comes from under the seat with electrical cleaner, plugged and unplugged the connector several times, put dielectric grease, and then cleaned and greased the connector under the seat that goes to the back. Problem went away for a couple days. Then returned, but now, its when it lights up, its more varying brightness with vibrations than just being 100% lit.
INFO I LEARNED - I do have the service manual. I went through the wiring diagrams (nearly went cross-eyed). Seems like I have 4 grounds on this bike. One in fairing, two under seat (dirty and clean), and one on the starter. The blinkers themselves use the dirty ground, and the TSM and blinker indicators use the clean ground. Both ground nuts were removed, cleaned, greased, and re-installed.
I hope I explained in enough detail for you guys. Thanks heaps!!
