1998BansheeHD Posted March 4, 2009 Report Posted March 4, 2009 1998 shee and the bike runs excellent! but it wont turn off by the killswitch and the headlight no longer turn on what could the problem be ? Quote
bansee fever Posted March 4, 2009 Report Posted March 4, 2009 1998 shee and the bike runs excellent! but it wont turn off by the killswitch and the headlight no longer turn on what could the problem be? good chance everythings all dirty and your not getting a good ground ! clean up the switches on the handle bars first Quote
Oregon Banshee Posted March 5, 2009 Report Posted March 5, 2009 (edited) i would check the wiring that goes from the kill and head light switch. there will be a connection under the plastic around the radiator. make sure that connection is clean and pluged together tight. and if that dosn't fix it. i would open up the plastic kill switch. its two phillips screws on the bottom and make sure all the wires are connected and havn't broke off. my kill switch stops working every once in a while to, and so i open the kill switch up and one of the wires comes undone and all i have to do is reattatch it. i do this by saudering it. i know i mispelled that word (saudering). thats my 2 cents. hope this helps. good luck! Edited March 5, 2009 by Oregon Banshee Quote
87sheerips Posted March 5, 2009 Report Posted March 5, 2009 open up that kill switch, I bet you have an open circuit in there somewhere. Thise wires get really brittle and break at the solder. Quote
AKheathen Posted March 5, 2009 Report Posted March 5, 2009 when you put it back together, use some nyk dielectric compound, aka. "trucklight grease" i had an icing problem in there a couple months ago. Boy, what a pita. :: works like butter @ 30 below now, and stops the corrosion. don't use tune up grease in cold wheather, though. Quote
1998BansheeHD Posted March 5, 2009 Author Report Posted March 5, 2009 i already took the switch apart and everythings clean! and i checked the harness and i found a black iret hat was cut but i fixed it and nothing still? Also checkd the ground and it seems good but ill re check again... anyone else have anything? Quote
DallasGDub Posted March 5, 2009 Report Posted March 5, 2009 Does the key switch work? Just curious, trying to trouble shoot. We have the same issue on my homies bike and he has no key switch at all, we think that might have something to do with it. Quote
AKheathen Posted March 5, 2009 Report Posted March 5, 2009 that black "iret hat" was cut is a ground. where was it? check the black/white wire for continuity between the switch and cdi, and if you recently removed the tors, check there. It's the same wire. at the switch plug, test between the black, and black/white wire. it should have continuity when you move the switch to off. check the harness by the airbox for melting on the pipes. everything really does point to a problem with the killswitch and nearby wiring. if you don't have a meter, get a hold of one. if you can't see the problem, you need to test for it. both problems happened at once, right? Quote
2001Stroker Posted March 6, 2009 Report Posted March 6, 2009 Ok, I just re-wired my whole bike last night. The kill switch and headlight switch are on two totally different circuits. But, they share the same factory plug. Take your radiator shroud off, and look behind the radiator. Make sure it's plugged in. I'm willing to bet that it came unplugged. Quote
1998BansheeHD Posted March 9, 2009 Author Report Posted March 9, 2009 i found the problem the power wire was bad and the switches just needed a deep cleaning Quote
AKheathen Posted March 9, 2009 Report Posted March 9, 2009 (edited) cool beans :thumbsup: Edited March 9, 2009 by AKheathen Quote
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