Topic: blinker switch question

[jay72chevy1]

Hi i have a question about turn signals on my 1973 cb 754. I dont know what it takes. I have in it now a Tridon 552 blinker switch. The rear right turn signal comes on and dont blink. I did put a new wiring harnes on the left handle bar so that the switch works when i turn it for the turn signals. The switch on the handle bar is in the middle it makes the rear right light go on, then when i turn the switch to the right in the on position the rear turn signal turns off? Plus the blinker switch has two wires gong to it. There is two more that just dangle and not connected. Do i need a 3 terminal blinker switch?

[mrblasty]

I use the big roung two prongeg blinker relays from the auto parts store with no problems other than replaceing it two to three times a year.  If you are using an aftermarket switch and not the original handle bar control, i would suspect something got hooked up wrong.

[Gordon]

I use the big roung two prongeg blinker relays from the auto parts store with no problems other than replaceing it two to three times a year.  If you are using an aftermarket switch and not the original handle bar control, i would suspect something got hooked up wrong.

Two or three times a year?  They should last several years, at least.  Have you tried the slightly more costly electronic relays? 

[mrblasty]

No I havn't. Every time I've replaced them they have gotten water logged, the rust is what kills them.

[Gordon]

I see...  Next time yours craps out, try an electronic one.  I think they cost about $12.  The main benefit is that they blink at the same rate regardless of the power supplied to them, so the blinkers won't slow down when sitting at idle, but they're also sealed up really well inside a plastic housing.  The only thing I don't like about them is they typically start in the "off" cycle, so when you switch the blinker on, there's a pause before it blinks, unlike the bi-metal relays that start in the "on" cycle. 

[TwoTired]

No I havn't. Every time I've replaced them they have gotten water logged, the rust is what kills them.

This happens even when they are installed dome up?

[Bodi]

Two wire electronic ones start "off", they need to charge up the capacitor that powers the circuitry before they can work. The 3-wire electronic ones usually start "on".
Mechanical flashers use the lamp current to heat up a thermal switch that turns the light off - then it cools down and comes back on; they have to start "on".
The slight delay with "start-off" flashers seems like a LONG time when I'm signalling a lane change on a highway!

[Jerry Rxman Griffin aka MuthaF'er]

I have the original blinker switch on my bike. Yes, the turn signal frequency changes but I intrepret that just like a voltage meter. When the signals and the buzzer are slow I know my battery is getting low. Best voltage meter I've never installed!

Don't forget to check all your bulbs and sockets if you haven't.

[jay72chevy1]

bulbs are good. They are stock. Still no blinking on all three. I installed electronic blinker too. The oil light blinks with turn signals. The turn signal light dont come on when I use turn signal, just the oil light and it blinks with turn signal. What can i be mssing here?

[Tower]

What have you checked so far?

[jay72chevy1]

not sure on what i should be checking. Wiring weak subject here. So any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks