Hello Everybody,
As always, I seek your guidance, that seems to be the most accurate and helpful with kat problems. I have a headlights issue, that is similar to the other thread, but then again, totally different, since I have exhausted all the advises that have been given to the other member of the forum.
I have a 1998 Katana 600. My headlights stopped working this Sunday. Initially I thought it was the bulbs, as they have been working just fine for years, so it would be probably their time anyway. Apparently only one bulb burnt off, while the other seemed fine. I still bought two as replacements. After installing new bulbs, nothing happened. I checked other lights (indicators and little light above headlights) and they were working just fine. Of course a quick check of fuses proved that the problem wasn't there. I took a voltmeter to check whether I got electricity from the plug itself, as I have heard that bulb plugs often burn out. Guess what, 11.46 volt reading out of both plugs!
Puzzled at this stage, I took the front harness off and checked the ground, checked resistance and everything seemed to be fine. Thinking I might be delusional, I had electrician at my work check the front harness for potential breakage and it worked absolutely fine, resistance like it should be. I then started checking the main harness and there was electricity coming of the plug too. Thinking maybe it's a ground issue, I checked the resistance on the main harness as well and it worked absolutely fine. It kinda seemed obvious since indicators and other lights work fine, while sharing ground on main harness, correct?
I took it then to autozone, along with a totally stripped bike. Their electrics guy plugged everything in and got similar reading as my electrician at work and me back at home. He was as puzzled so he checked the bulb again, which worked just fine. We then took the front harness and checked it against a car battery and all the lights were lit, including the headlight, proving that the harness and plugs were working absolutely fine.
The next step was to investigate the low/high beam switch. Pain in the ass to later putt it together once you take the cord out of it, but 35 mins later it was back in its original shape, with me even more puzzled once I verified that there was electricity in the switch as well.
I'm running out of ideas for what to check to further troubleshoot this. Please let me know if any of you had similar problems or would have any idea how to further troubleshoot it.
Thank you and I look forward to hearing back from you!
kind regards,
Airborne
As always, I seek your guidance, that seems to be the most accurate and helpful with kat problems. I have a headlights issue, that is similar to the other thread, but then again, totally different, since I have exhausted all the advises that have been given to the other member of the forum.
I have a 1998 Katana 600. My headlights stopped working this Sunday. Initially I thought it was the bulbs, as they have been working just fine for years, so it would be probably their time anyway. Apparently only one bulb burnt off, while the other seemed fine. I still bought two as replacements. After installing new bulbs, nothing happened. I checked other lights (indicators and little light above headlights) and they were working just fine. Of course a quick check of fuses proved that the problem wasn't there. I took a voltmeter to check whether I got electricity from the plug itself, as I have heard that bulb plugs often burn out. Guess what, 11.46 volt reading out of both plugs!
Puzzled at this stage, I took the front harness off and checked the ground, checked resistance and everything seemed to be fine. Thinking I might be delusional, I had electrician at my work check the front harness for potential breakage and it worked absolutely fine, resistance like it should be. I then started checking the main harness and there was electricity coming of the plug too. Thinking maybe it's a ground issue, I checked the resistance on the main harness as well and it worked absolutely fine. It kinda seemed obvious since indicators and other lights work fine, while sharing ground on main harness, correct?
I took it then to autozone, along with a totally stripped bike. Their electrics guy plugged everything in and got similar reading as my electrician at work and me back at home. He was as puzzled so he checked the bulb again, which worked just fine. We then took the front harness and checked it against a car battery and all the lights were lit, including the headlight, proving that the harness and plugs were working absolutely fine.
The next step was to investigate the low/high beam switch. Pain in the ass to later putt it together once you take the cord out of it, but 35 mins later it was back in its original shape, with me even more puzzled once I verified that there was electricity in the switch as well.
I'm running out of ideas for what to check to further troubleshoot this. Please let me know if any of you had similar problems or would have any idea how to further troubleshoot it.
Thank you and I look forward to hearing back from you!
kind regards,
Airborne
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