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Blowing Fuses
11/14/10 at 07:33:43

Well, I got the carb back together with new o-rings and fuel mixture assembly after installing raptor petcock. Runs great now after tuning carb; however, before installing the tank and seat I decided to apply dielectric grease to all the electrical connections. Afterwards I switch the key and nothing. I had blown a fuse. Now every time I use the horn, I blow a fuse. I swear this thing is possessed, lol.

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28755 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Blowing Fuses Reply #1 - 11/14/10 at 07:41:30 It seems you have a smear of grease connecting 2 contacts.
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Re: Blowing Fuses
Reply #2 - 11/14/10 at 07:53:46

verslagen1 wrote on 11/14/10 at 07:41:30:

It seems you have a smear of grease connecting 2 contacts.

Very well could be; strange thing is I didn't mess directly with the horn or wiring at all, so I checked for a pinched wire and found nothing. The fuse holds with the horn wiring pulled off regardless of the brake lights, signal lights, or any attempt to blow it. I now need to trace the route of the wiring associated with the horn imo.

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Phelonius Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1897	Re: Blowing Fuses Reply #3 - 11/14/10 at 08:48:38 Maybe the horn is blown. Phelonius
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Re: Blowing Fuses
Reply #4 - 11/14/10 at 08:54:39

Phelonius wrote on 11/14/10 at 08:48:38:

Maybe the horn is blown.

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Worked fine before I did the carb and petcock, and it works fine the first few times I blow it then the fuse blows. I think I'll go check all the electrical connections and clean some of the grease out. Bike runs great now thanks to all the suggestions here. Odd thing is though when I disassembled the carb, I found a 145 main jet but no plastic washer whatsoever in the slide assembly. I have completely eliminated the backfire/popping though even when I shut it off, no poof. I am happy even if I have to leave the horn unhooked, jk. I'll figure it out eventually.

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Routy Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2280 Winston Oregon Gender:	Re: Blowing Fuses Reply #5 - 11/14/10 at 10:17:37 If you stopped the backfiring completely, its done, finished, there is no hope left for it. It ain't no savage no more, its just another plain ole motorcycle now :'(
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99savage Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 51 Strawberry Plains, TN Gender:	Re: Blowing Fuses Reply #6 - 11/14/10 at 10:32:40 Routy wrote on 11/14/10 at 10:17:37: If you stopped the backfiring completely, its done, finished, there is no hope left for it. It ain't no savage no more, its just another plain ole motorcycle now :'( Well, just dang it then. I didn't do it on purpose if it matters.
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ebonysresearch Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 93	Re: Blowing Fuses Reply #7 - 11/14/10 at 15:40:19 Maybe dont blow the horn? Or lift your tank back up and look for a rub point in the harness? Or just unplug the horn?
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Digger Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Ya gotta be tough to ride singles! Posts: 1604 Colorado Springs, CO Gender:	Re: Blowing Fuses Reply #8 - 11/17/10 at 19:59:05 verslagen1 wrote on 11/14/10 at 07:41:30: It seems you have a smear of grease connecting 2 contacts. I believe that to be highly unlikely. The OP stated that he was using a dielectric grease. Plus, we're talking about a 12 volt system here....hardly enough push to throw much of an arc.
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Re: Blowing Fuses
Reply #9 - 11/17/10 at 20:09:20

99savage wrote on 11/14/10 at 07:33:43:

......I had blown a fuse. Now every time I use the horn, I blow a fuse......

You might consider stripper 'er down again and wiggling the horn wires to see if you can find a short.

I made a tool to assist me in doing wiggle checks on the wires that saves me from blowing out lots of fuses during the test.

It is a license plate light fixture and harness I removed from an old pickup truck eighteen years ago when I was putting a rear bumper on it:

I cut off the OEM connector and crimped on some spade connectors to the ends of the two wires:

You can see where I filed down the spade connectors so that they would fit into the holder for the fuse.

I pull the fuse on the suspect circuit, plug my tester leads into the fuse holder, turn on the ignition switch, and wiggle away. If I find a short to ground, the light gets really bright. I do, however, find it useful to first disconnect the headlight and taillight bulbs to keep the test lamp from being too bright all of the time.

IHTH!

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Re: Blowing Fuses
Reply #10 - 11/18/10 at 06:31:44

Digger wrote on 11/17/10 at 20:09:20:

99savage wrote on 11/14/10 at 07:33:43:

......I had blown a fuse. Now every time I use the horn, I blow a fuse......

You might consider stripper 'er down again and wiggling the horn wires to see if you can find a short.

I made a tool to assist me in doing wiggle checks on the wires that saves me from blowing out lots of fuses during the test.

It is a license plate light fixture and harness I removed from an old pickup truck eighteen years ago when I was putting a rear bumper on it:

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee201/Digger109/Garage/CircuitTesterE.jpg

I cut off the OEM connector and crimped on some spade connectors to the ends of the two wires:

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee201/Digger109/Garage/CircuitTesterLeadsE...

You can see where I filed down the spade connectors so that they would fit into the holder for the fuse.

I pull the fuse on the suspect circuit, plug my tester leads into the fuse holder, turn on the ignition switch, and wiggle away. If I find a short to ground, the light gets really bright. I do, however, find it useful to first disconnect the headlight and taillight bulbs to keep the test lamp from being too bright all of the time.

IHTH!

Thanks for the advice but I can't see the pics. I pretty sure my short is in a connector because each time I disconnect and reconnect, the "short" takes longer to cause a problem.

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