Signal lights.

[Easy Tiger]

So, my first question.

My signal lights seem to be intermitant(yes I know there supposed to be) but sometimes the switch works and sometimes not. Is this common? Any sollutions to this fault?

[Easy Tiger]

Come on folks! Nobody out there has ever had this problem? Is it easy to remove the switch and clean the contacts?

[abruzzi]

<joke>Did you know that Lucas invented the intermittent wipers?</joke>

Does the failure happen equally left or right, or is it one direction that it happens more?

Also, does jiggling, tapping, massaging the switch bring it to life? I'm just wonering if it's the switch or possibly the flasher relay.

Geof

[Easy Tiger]

It happens equaly on both sides. Hadn't thought of the relay. I thought maybe it'll be contacts in the switch. Can the switch be stripped down?

Cheers.

[paulie]

yea i guess if it were me i'd rip it apart then decide nothing was wrong, but clean everything up anyway. then it will work.

at least, that's my SOP  :lol:

[Easy Tiger]

OK folks, here's the latest. I took the assembly off the handlebars and gave it the best clean I could. The fault is still there, it doesn't seem to make any sense. There is no different physical feeling in the operation of the switch but it'll work then after turning the ignition off and trying again sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Very odd. I tried wiggling the harness but that made no difference, same with the plug. Do you have to buy the whole assembly or can you just get the switch?

[2004Tiger]

Did you do any electrical tests on the switch when you had it out? If the contacts work, the problem could be in the flasher.

[TigerTrax]

What manufaturer would have that kind of malfunction as a 'normal'
occurance? None.

My advice.
1. Get a service manual.  ( about $20 on ebay )
2. When it comes to electrical .... think SIMPLE.
    Catastrophic things only occur when something major happens...
    then a whole bunch of things happen at the same time.
 
Do a thorough check....
PS: Start at the bulb. Look for loose/corroded contacts/connections....
       yadda, yadda, yadda......

That's how most of us learn the Tigers

[Easy Tiger]

Thanks guys. One dumb question, where is the flasher relay? Is it behind the instrument cluster?

[Silverstripes]

Yep its behind the cluster, in the group with the twin light relays under the rubber boot thingy.

I think its the lower of all the relays.