Turn signal issues on my 2004 Katana- HELP!

[Lxpony]

OK- Here is my problem..

I have intermittant turn signal issues. Today while riding the turn signals stopped working. I would have to hold down the toggle in the center position(cancel position) for about 3 seconds then they would work again!!

after about 20 miles more only the right side signals would work. If I tried to put the left signal on it wouldnt work and the right side wouldnt work either unless I pushed the toggle switch in for 2-3 seconds again

I got home and the bike sat for 2 hours, I went back out and now the blinkers work just fine- both sides!! I took apart the actual turn signal assembly and it appeared mechanically fine.

Is this a flasher issue? Maybe it is overheating??

[Jenni]

refill your blinker fluid.

no but seriously... that happened to me a couple of times this year... took a couple seconds before it activated. i forgot about it until it happened again. i'd be curious for an explanation as well.

[noxin]

Clean your turn signal switch and put some electric grease on it.

[Lxpony]

It seems too intermittant to be a contact issue Noxin...... I think it is electrical not mechanical like a bad connection...........

[butcher bergs]

It seems too intermittant to be a contact issue Noxin...... I think it is electrical not mechanical like a bad connection...........

Clean your turn signal switch and put some electric grease on it.

There can be "bad connections" in the switch as well....they're called "contacts". Clean them and report back...

[GNTurbo6]

I found out that my connections were just taped together before I bought it so I soldered mine a while back.

That said, the Matco Butane soldering iron is a piece of shit and I wish I didn't drop over $100 on it. The Snap-On/Bluepoint my old boss had worked great all the time, I'll probably snag one for myself for Christmas.

[noxin]

the $20 radio shack butane soldering iron works wonderfully

[ZX-12R]

It seems too intermittant to be a contact issue Noxin...... I think it is electrical not mechanical like a bad connection...........

Bad contact is an electrical issue.

A flasher relay has a bimetallic strip that heats up when electrical current is passed through it. The bimetallic properties of the strip cause it to bend in one direction when it heats up. The bending breaks the electrical connection to your directionals which turn off and since there is no current flowing through the bimetallic strip in the flasher, it eventually cools off, clicks back over, and turns your directional back on which repeats the process. If you have a bad connection in the switch, it's possible that not enough current is flowing through the flasher to make it flash.

The cheapest and easiest thing to do is to clean the contacts in your directional switch. If that does not work, replace the flasher.

[SVRACER01]

youre so smart

[ZX-12R]

youre so smart

Don't confuse long posts with being smart!