Ive never seen this problem & Ive been here for a good while, SO, theres not a canned answer.
You tested the lite,, Ohm Meter? Or put 12 volts to it?

YOu checked the switch,,
V meter & change positions?

Are there ANY connectors between the switch & bulb you havent tested?

I dunno exactly where the High Beam indicator bulb gets its power,,
But, apparently its being told the lite is on,,so, Id probably wanna look at a diagram & see how it works,,I sold mine, book went with it, so, Im not able to look at it, sorry, man..

If it gets its power from the wire coming outta the switch,, HO!! Wait a minnit,, I doubt that pukey little switch carries the headlite current,, maybe theres a relay,, The switch is telling the relay what to do, its screwed up, lying to the Hi Beam bulb & NOT feedin hoot to the bulb,,
If you dont Have a wiring diagram, look around the tech section for one,,Or, wait on more input,, either way., everything but blown motors gets fixed around here. relax, its gonna live,

Like Dave pointed out, start with the simple make sure the headlight itself works before starting a wire witch hunt  

Thanks for the advice everyone.  I'm not gonna get a chance to go through any of it until Sunday, but I'll take all these ideas and run with 'em.  The thing that throws me is that the dash panel light for hi-beam stays on all the time, but no light. The switch has to be engaged somehow, right?

Dave, the light is on all the time. I can flick the switch to either position and it stays on, with no headlight.

probably means you gotta short.
most likely spot for the short is where the wires enter the bucket.

Found it. Bad ground wire inside the bucket. Under the wrap, so I didn' t see it. Wire got cut or pinched somehow without cutting the loom rubber. Still trying to figure out how that happened, but 1 new ground wire later and I'm up and running. Sorry it wasn't anything wierd or spectacular, and thanks for the help in any case.

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 06/09/14 at 06:58:18:


Truthfully? I found it by chance. The next plan was to pull all the connections in the bucket apart, scotch brite the ends, slap a bunch of di-electric grease on 'em and try that.  When I went to disconnect the Y split ground, one of the ends was caught on the little bendable retaining tab and out came the whole Y connector ground.  I peeled back the loom material and found the place it broke; looked like it was cut or pinched somehow. Soldered it back together and down the road I went.